Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: West Devon · Region: South West
Explore Boasley Cross, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Boasley Cross 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 Boasley Cross, 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 | Boasley Cross |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | West Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.723221 |
| Longitude | -4.126501 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Boasley Cross occupies a quiet, windswept ridge where the Devon landscape begins its long, slow ascent toward the higher ground of the moors. It lies 5.5 miles west-south-west of Okehampton (from Okehampton: bearing 259°T, OS grid SX 499 936), and is situated east-north-east of Bratton Clovelly village. The light here has a sharp, clarifying quality, catching the edges of the hedgerows and revealing a terrain shaped by centuries of heavy agricultural labour. To the north-west, the earth holds the ghost of the Broadbury Castle Roman Camp, a silent earthwork that reminds the passer-by of how long this high ground has commanded the horizon. Below this elevation, the River Thrushel draws a thin, silver thread through the valley, its movement providing a persistent, low-frequency hum to the silence of the fields. Boasley Cross remains a place of stoic patience, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, metallic tang of shifting weather. The proximity of ancient barrows on the nearby downs adds a gravity to the surroundings, as if the soil itself remembers the weight of those who walked these paths before the advent of modern machinery. This is a landscape of open sky and enduring stone, where the horizon feels vast enough to swallow the small, scattered dwellings that define the character of Boasley Cross.
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Explore Boasley Cross, 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: 50.723221, -4.126501. 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. |