Sampford Courtenay is a Town in the county of Devon.

Retail in Sampford Courtenay

There are great places to visit near Sampford Courtenay including some great cities, historic buildings, villages, canals, rivers and streams, beaches, geological features, sssis, hiking areas, nature reserves, towns, parks, airports, castles and ruins.

There are a number of cities near to Sampford Courtenay including Exeter.

There are a number of historic buildings near Sampford Courtenay including Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Don't miss Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove's villages if visiting the area around Sampford Courtenay.

There are a several good canals in the Sampford Courtenay area like Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Sampford Courtenay include East Lyn River.

Don't miss Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove's beaches if visiting the area around Sampford Courtenay.

Valley of Rocks is a great place to visit close to Sampford Courtenay if you like geological features.

The area around Sampford Courtenay's best sssis can be found at Dartmoor.

The area close to Sampford Courtenay boasts some of the best hiking areas including Dartmoor.

Dartmoor is one of Sampford Courtenay's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Sampford Courtenay.

Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton are great places to visit near Sampford Courtenay if you like towns.

Bicton Park is one of Sampford Courtenay's best, nearby parks to visit in Sampford Courtenay.

Sampford Courtenay is near some unmissable airports like Exeter Airport,

There are a number of castles near to Sampford Courtenay including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Ruins to visit near Sampford Courtenay include Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Sampford Courtenay History

There are some historic monuments around Sampford Courtenay:

• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 550m SSE of Longstone Hill summit
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• St Martin's Chapel, Broadnymett
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Churchyard cross 6m south of Dowland church
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Week Barn Cross
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Motte 160m east of St Peter's Church
• Wayside cross at Trecott beside Wellsprings Lane
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Millsome Castle
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• World War II air traffic control building 400m north west of Seckington Cross, on the former airfield of RAF Winkleigh
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• North easternmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• Long mortuary enclosure and ring ditch 250m south west of Week Meadow Farm
• Medieval homesteads S of Meldon quarry
• Two long mortuary enclosures 570m east and 590m ENE of Sandford Barton
• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• Deserted medieval site 1/2 mile (810m) W of Okehampton camp
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn and cist on Black Down 1.6km east of Higher Bowden
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Meldon viaduct
• Two bowl barrows 200m north east of Newland Cross
• Market cross 4m west of North Tawton church tower
• Round cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Croft Castle
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• Bowl barrow 215m north west of Winkleigh Moor Cross
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Wayside cross socket stone at road junction 70m east of St Peter's Church
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Eighteen cairns, a length of bank and a recumbent stone forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Medieval settlement of Beere
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Bowl barrow 325m north west of Winkleigh Moor Cross
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Wayside cross in Sampford Courtenay village 55m NNW of Cherrywell Cottages
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Standing cross known as Speke's Cross, 500m north east of Eggesford House
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Court Castle
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House
• Three cairns forming the westernmost part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Guide post at Place Cross
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• Churchyard cross 10m south of Bondleigh church
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn and cist forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill