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Sourton
Sourton lies below the north western moor a few miles from Okehampton, a small village on the old road south with the great whaleback of the northern high ground rising behind it. The church of St Thomas a Becket stands apart from the village, and the parish reaches up onto some of the highest and emptiest ground in southern England.
The village is best known for the Highwayman Inn, an extraordinary building fitted out over decades into something between a pub and a fantasy, and quite unlike anywhere else in Devon. Above the village, Sourton Tors carry the remains of a nineteenth century ice works, where shallow ponds were used to make ice for the Plymouth fish trade, one of the odder industries the moor has supported. The Granite Way, on the bed of the old railway, passes close by and gives easy walking and cycling with the moor alongside.
Sourton on the map
In Sourton
Collaven Manor Hotel
Sourton, Okehampton
Nestling on the North West edge of Dartmoor, this beautiful small 15th century manor house, built of granite and covered in creeper, stands in four acres of picturesque gardens and paddocks.
Ice works (disused)
Sourton, Okehampton
Remnants of a Victorian ice-making operation hidden in Dartmoor's moorland, a curious industrial relic from an era of mechanical ingenuity.
River Lew
Sourton
The River Lew can refer to either of two short rivers that lie close to each other in Devon,
Sourton Village Hall
Sourton
Set in a stunning location at the base of Sourton Tor on Dartmoor, only one mile from the A30 and right by the A386, Sourton Village Hall is an ideally placed venue for business, educational and social events.
The Highwayman Inn
Sourton, Okehampton
Allegedly haunted 11th-century inn at Sourton, packed with artefacts and curiosities, offering classic guestrooms and hearty food.
USN air crash Memorial Stone
Sourton, Okehampton
A stone memorial on Dartmoor marking a tragic wartime aircraft loss and honouring those who fell.
