Posbury

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Posbury is an ancient estate in Devon, now a hamlet, situated about 2 miles south-west of Crediton and 2 miles north of Tedburn St Mary and 1 mile west of the small hamlet of Venny Tedburn. ()

Coordinates: 50°45'41"N, 3°41'17"W

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Posbury – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Drewe Arms, Castle Drogo, Crediton Parish Church, Fingle Bridge.

6 miSW
Nightlife
The Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton
154 min walk • The Drewe Arms is a Grade II* listed public house on the north side of The Square in Drewsteignton, Devon. Built in the 17th century, the building was modernised in the late 19th century. There may have been a public house at the site in the 16th century.
7 miSW
20th-century castle with medieval flair
Castle Drogo, Chagford
179 min walk • Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it was the last castle to be built in England.
2.5 miNE
Church
Crediton Parish Church, Crediton
64 min walk • Crediton Parish Church, formally the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him who Hung Thereon, is a prominent building and worshipping community in the Devon town of Crediton.
6.1 miSW
Bars and clubs, Nightlife, Bridge
Fingle Bridge, Exeter
155 min walk • Fingle Bridge is a 17th-century stone arch bridge carrying an unclassified road over the River Teign near Drewsteignton, within Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England.
3.1 miNE
Park
Creedy
79 min walk • Creedy is an historic estate in the parish of Sandford, near Crediton in Devon. It is named from its location on the west side of the River Creedy. It was the seat of the Davie family from about 1600 until the late 20th century.
6.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Cranbrook Castle, Dartmoor National Park
172 min walk • Cranbrook Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort occupying a commanding hilltop just to the south of and overlooking the Teign valley in Devon. It is 337 metres above sea level and 2 km south and slightly west of Prestonbury castle, 3 km west of Wooston Castle.
6 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Two Moors Way, Drewsteignton
154 min walk • The Two Moors Way is a long-distance trail in Devon, UK, first established in 1976. It links Dartmoor and Exmoor and has been extended to become a Devon Coast-to-Coast trail.
5.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Prestonbury Castle, Dartmoor National Park
151 min walk • Prestonbury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort on the north east edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. Situated on a massive hilltop some 240 metres above sea level overlooking the Teign Valley, it is located near two other hill forts both of which lie about 2 km away.
5.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Wooston Castle, Dartmoor National Park
138 min walk • Wooston Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort situated on the edge of a hill overlooking the Teign Valley in Devon some 200 metres above sea level, only 3 km south and east of Prestonbury Castle and 5 km east of Cranbrook Castle.
5 miW
Village
Hittisleigh
128 min walk • Hittisleigh is a small rural parish and village just north-east of Dartmoor in Devon. Once part of the ancient district of the Wonford Hundred, it is now administered by Mid Devon District Council and part of the Central Devon constituency.