Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: North Devon · Region: South West
Explore Blackmoor Gate, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blackmoor Gate map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blackmoor Gate, Devon, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Blackmoor Gate |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | North Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.171627 |
| Longitude | -3.937423 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Blackmoor Gate commands a high, windswept ridge where the North Devon landscape shifts between open heather and sheltered hollows. It lies 6.0 miles south-west of Lynton (from Lynton: bearing 228°T, OS grid SS 646 431), and is situated south-west of Parracombe village. Winds here carry the sharp, clean scent of the Bristol Channel, moving across the landscape with an indifferent, restless energy. To the west, the Kentisbury Round Barrows and Camp remain as silent, earth-bound witnesses to human presence long before the modern road cut through the slope. The light at Blackmoor Gate possesses a singular, thin clarity, illuminating the grey stone walls that divide the fields into ragged, irregular geometries. Deep to the south, the still surface of Wistlandpound Reservoir offers a dark, heavy contrast to the exposed, elevated terrain of the surrounding moors. Blackmoor Gate functions as a vital junction where the pulse of the coast meets the rugged, interior silence of the high country. Such geography demands a stoic resilience from those who work the land, as the horizon remains wide and unforgivingly bright.
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Explore Blackmoor Gate, 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: 51.171627, -3.937423. 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 | August 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. |