Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: Mid Devon · Region: South West
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| Place | Black Dog |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | Mid Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.874880 |
| Longitude | -3.698814 |
| Place Type | Village |
The quietude of Black Dog settles over the Mid Devon landscape like fine dust. It lies 9.8 km north-north-west of Crediton (from Crediton: bearing 343°T, OS grid SS 805 097), and is situated west-south-west of Puddington village. Here, the land falls away in gentle swells, the fields a patchwork of muted greens and ochres under a sky that often holds a pearly, luminous quality, especially in the late afternoon. Black Dog itself is a scattering of dwellings, a place where the hedgerows are thick with hawthorn and the air carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant livestock. The village church, a modest stone structure, stands as a quiet sentinel, its bells marking the passage of time with a sound that seems to absorb into the surrounding fields rather than echo. Life in Black Dog unfolds with an unhurried grace, each day a soft continuation of the last.
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Explore Black Dog, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.874880, -3.698814. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |