Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: South Hams · Region: South West
Explore Compton, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Compton 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.
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| Place | Compton |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | South Hams |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.470502 |
| Longitude | -3.594720 |
| Place Type | Village |
Compton emerges from the soft, rolling contours of the South Hams as a quiet gathering of stone and slate. It lies 2.7 miles north-north-west of Paignton (from Paignton: bearing 334°T, OS grid SX 869 646), and is situated north of Marldon village. The light here catches the grey limestone of the Medieval Fortified House at Compton Castle, a structure that holds the weight of centuries in its crenellated silhouette. Beyond these ancient walls, the land rises toward the crest of Red Hill, where the wind carries a salt-brushed clarity from the nearby coast. Compton remains tethered to an agricultural rhythm, its lanes tracing the patterns of field boundaries that have long defined this geography. To the south-east, the meadows leading toward Occombe Sssi offer a sanctuary of damp earth and seasonal flora, undisturbed by the modern velocity of the coast. These quiet stretches of Devon ground provide a stillness that defines the character of Compton, grounding the eye in the deep, verdant greens of the West Country.
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Explore Compton, 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: 50.470502, -3.594720. 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. |