Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: Torridge · Region: South West
Explore Frankaborough, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Frankaborough 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 | Frankaborough |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | Torridge |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.702757 |
| Longitude | -4.277511 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Frankaborough emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the Torridge district as a collection of homesteads defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 5.9 miles north-east of Launceston (from Launceston: bearing 38°T, OS grid SX 392 917), and is situated east-north-east of St Giles on the Heath village. The landscape here is marked by a persistent, heavy dampness that clings to the hedgerows, transforming the morning mist into a silver veil that obscures the ancient boundaries of the fields. To the south, the earth rises into low, grass-covered mounds, where the Bowl Barrow 430m north-west of Upcott Cross remains as a silent, earthen anchor against the passage of years. Frankaborough retains a stoic isolation, its lanes narrow and hemmed in by stone banks that seem to hold the memory of countless cartwheels. The nearby River Carey carves a shallow, meandering path through the lower ground, its water reflecting the muted slate hues of the Devon sky. On clear afternoons, the distant silhouette of Tower Hill provides a stark, dark contrast to the paler pastures, serving as a landmark for those traversing the heavy clay soils. Frankaborough exists in a state of quiet endurance, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, rhythmic pulse of rural industry.
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Explore Frankaborough, 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: 50.702757, -4.277511. 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. |