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Ashburton

Civil Parish in Devon Teignbridge

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Ashburton

Ashburton - West Street Ashburton is a small market town and also was a stannary town (a centre for administration of tin mining). Note the celebrated Old Exeter Inn where Sir Walter Raleigh was arrested in 1603. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - West Street Credit: Colin Smith

Ashburton is a historic market town and civil parish located in the county of Devon, England. Situated on the eastern edge of Dartmoor National Park, it lies about 20 miles south of Exeter and 8 miles north of Newton Abbot.

With a population of around 4,200 people, Ashburton has a rich history dating back to the Saxon period. The town was an important wool trading center in the Middle Ages and became prosperous through the cloth industry. Many beautiful buildings from this era can still be seen today, including the St. Andrew's Church, which dates back to the 15th century.

The town's economy is now diverse, with a mix of retail, tourism, and small businesses. Ashburton is known for its independent shops, art galleries, and antique stores, attracting visitors from near and far. The annual Ashburton Food & Drink Festival is a popular event that celebrates the town's culinary offerings.

Surrounded by stunning countryside, Ashburton offers numerous opportunities for outdoor activities. Dartmoor National Park is a short distance away, providing ample opportunities for hiking, cycling, and wildlife spotting. The River Dart also runs through the town, offering picturesque walks and fishing spots.

Ashburton has a strong community spirit, with various social clubs, sports teams, and community events. The town is well-served by amenities, including schools, a library, healthcare facilities, and public transportation links.

Overall, Ashburton is a charming market town with a rich history, beautiful architecture, and a thriving community, making it an attractive place to live or visit in Devon.

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Ashburton - West Street Ashburton is a small market town and also was a stannary town (a centre for administration of tin mining). Note the celebrated Old Exeter Inn where Sir Walter Raleigh was arrested in 1603. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - West Street
Ashburton is a small market town and also was a stannary town (a centre for administration of tin mining). Note the celebrated Old Exeter Inn where Sir Walter Raleigh was arrested in 1603. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - Kingsbridge Lane Ashburn Gallery in the town centre. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.ashburngallery.co.uk" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.ashburngallery.co.uk">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - Kingsbridge Lane
Ashburn Gallery in the town centre. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - West Street Ashburton is a small market town and also was a stannary town (a centre for administration of tin mining). <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - West Street
Ashburton is a small market town and also was a stannary town (a centre for administration of tin mining). LinkExternal link
Ashburton - North Street Shopping street in downtown Ashburton containing a variety of independent traders e.g. Odds & Suds (interiors, furniture and soaps). <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - North Street
Shopping street in downtown Ashburton containing a variety of independent traders e.g. Odds & Suds (interiors, furniture and soaps). LinkExternal link
Ashburton - North Street Historic shopping street in downtown Ashburton containing a variety of independent traders e.g. Church's Ironmongers in a building where Fairfax was quartered during the English Civil War. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - North Street
Historic shopping street in downtown Ashburton containing a variety of independent traders e.g. Church's Ironmongers in a building where Fairfax was quartered during the English Civil War. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - Old Exeter Inn The oldest pub in Ashburton, first built 1130, but originally named the Church House Inn. The blue plaque remembers the arrest of Sir Walter Raleigh here in 1603 (see mural and gable). <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - Old Exeter Inn
The oldest pub in Ashburton, first built 1130, but originally named the Church House Inn. The blue plaque remembers the arrest of Sir Walter Raleigh here in 1603 (see mural and gable). LinkExternal link
Ashburton - Sir Walter Raleigh Blue plaque at the Old Exeter Inn where he was arrested in 1603. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - Sir Walter Raleigh
Blue plaque at the Old Exeter Inn where he was arrested in 1603. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - West Street Colourfully painted buildings in the centre of this old Devon market town.
Ashburton - West Street
Colourfully painted buildings in the centre of this old Devon market town.
Ashburton - St Andrew's Church Font inside the parish church. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - St Andrew's Church
Font inside the parish church. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - Triptych Artpiece and altar inside Ashburton's parish church, St Andrew's. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - Triptych
Artpiece and altar inside Ashburton's parish church, St Andrew's. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - St Andrew's Church Imposing parish church tower on West Street. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - St Andrew's Church
Imposing parish church tower on West Street. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - West Street Colourfully painted buildings in the centre of this old Devon market town. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - West Street
Colourfully painted buildings in the centre of this old Devon market town. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - Chapel of St Lawrence Historic chantry, grammar school and courthouse on St Lawrence Lane. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - Chapel of St Lawrence
Historic chantry, grammar school and courthouse on St Lawrence Lane. LinkExternal link
Ashburton - North Street Striking historic building, The Meeting House, in the market town of Ashburton. <span class="nowrap"><a title="www.discoverashburton.info" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.discoverashburton.info">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Ashburton - North Street
Striking historic building, The Meeting House, in the market town of Ashburton. LinkExternal link
Old Milestone (Parole stone), West of Hele Cross The milestone is now located in front of the main post of the side gate to the west of the main entrance to Dart Vale, on the north side of the road. Originally the milestone was located opposite the entrance to Dart Vale, on the south side of the road. Parish of Ashburton (Teignbridge District). Carved stone post, Ashburton Parole stone design, erected by the Government in the 18th century. (French prisoners of war on parole were stationed in Ashburton 1794-98 and were allowed to walk up to one mile from the town) Inscription reads:- 1 / Mile Milestone Society National ID: DV_ASPS01B
Old Milestone (Parole stone), West of Hele Cross
The milestone is now located in front of the main post of the side gate to the west of the main entrance to Dart Vale, on the north side of the road. Originally the milestone was located opposite the entrance to Dart Vale, on the south side of the road. Parish of Ashburton (Teignbridge District). Carved stone post, Ashburton Parole stone design, erected by the Government in the 18th century. (French prisoners of war on parole were stationed in Ashburton 1794-98 and were allowed to walk up to one mile from the town) Inscription reads:- 1 / Mile Milestone Society National ID: DV_ASPS01B
A38 (Devon Expressway) near Ashburton The A38 is a major A-class trunk route. When first designated in 1922, it ran from Derby to Plymouth but it was later extended at both ends so that it now runs for 292 miles from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire to Bodmin in Cornwall. Prior to the opening of the M5 motorway in the 1960s and 1970s, the A38 formed the main "holiday route" from the Midlands to Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and the south-western section was notorious at holiday times for the congestion. Nowadays, for most of the southern section, the A38 is a fairly quiet road shadowing the M5 extremely closely; often running alongside the motorway as a single carriageway road. The section between Exeter and Plymouth is, however, a busy dual carriageway which serves as the southern extension of the M5 and is known as “the Devon Expressway”. More information at <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A38_road" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A38_road">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> (Wikipedia) and <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A38" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A38">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> (SABRE).
A38 (Devon Expressway) near Ashburton
The A38 is a major A-class trunk route. When first designated in 1922, it ran from Derby to Plymouth but it was later extended at both ends so that it now runs for 292 miles from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire to Bodmin in Cornwall. Prior to the opening of the M5 motorway in the 1960s and 1970s, the A38 formed the main "holiday route" from the Midlands to Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and the south-western section was notorious at holiday times for the congestion. Nowadays, for most of the southern section, the A38 is a fairly quiet road shadowing the M5 extremely closely; often running alongside the motorway as a single carriageway road. The section between Exeter and Plymouth is, however, a busy dual carriageway which serves as the southern extension of the M5 and is known as “the Devon Expressway”. More information at LinkExternal link (Wikipedia) and LinkExternal link (SABRE).
The Victoria Inn, North Street, heading north
The Victoria Inn, North Street, heading north
Buildings at Higher Headborough Farm
Buildings at Higher Headborough Farm
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Ashburton is located at Grid Ref: SX7571 (Lat: 50.531263, Lng: -3.761733)

Administrative County: Devon

District: Teignbridge

Police Authority: Devon & Cornwall

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