Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: South Hams · Region: South West
Explore Drakeland Corner, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Drakeland Corner 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 | Drakeland Corner |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | South Hams |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.411790 |
| Longitude | -4.011293 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Drakeland Corner emerges from the quiet creases of the South Hams landscape, where the moisture of the Devon air clings to the hedgerows like a soft, grey bloom. It lies 3.3 miles north-north-east of Sherford (from Sherford: bearing 22°T, OS grid SX 571 588), and is situated north-west of Sparkwell village. The land here rises toward the rugged spine of the horizon, where the silent, moss-covered stones of the prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down keep watch over the shifting light of the moors. Below these ancient earthworks, the water of Drakelands Trout Lake catches the sky, mirroring the unpredictable charcoal clouds that drift in from the Atlantic. The terrain is marked by a persistent, elemental stillness, interrupted only by the sudden, sharp cry of a bird or the rhythmic pulse of the wind against the rising slopes. To the south, the solid bulk of Hemerdon Ball anchors the view, its heavy silhouette grounding the expansive, open sky that defines this part of the county. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, the low sun illuminates the texture of the fields, turning the long grasses into a shimmering, pale gold. Drakeland Corner remains a place of singular character, where the weight of the deep past sits comfortably alongside the quiet, unadorned reality of the present day.
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Explore Drakeland Corner, 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: 50.411790, -4.011293. 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. |