Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: Torridge · Region: South West
Explore Higher Prestacott, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Prestacott 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.
| Place | Higher Prestacott |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | Torridge |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.739029 |
| Longitude | -4.281680 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Higher Prestacott, a quiet hamlet in Devon's Torridge district, offers a glimpse into a landscape shaped by generations of gentle husbandry. It lies 9.4 km south-south-east of Holsworthy (from Holsworthy: bearing 147°T, OS grid SX 390 957), and is situated north-east of Ashwater village. The very air here seems to carry the scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a subtle perfume that speaks of the rolling Devon countryside. Fields, often divided by ancient stone walls, unfurl in shades of green and gold, catching the diffused light of the South West. Higher Prestacott's charm is not in grand pronouncements but in the quiet dignity of its existence, the way the sunlight pools on moss-covered stones and the distant bleating of sheep drifts on the breeze.
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Explore Higher Prestacott, 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: 50.739029, -4.281680. 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 | June 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. |