Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: South Hams · Region: South West
Explore Lower Dean, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Dean 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 Lower Dean, 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 | Lower Dean |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | South Hams |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.470352 |
| Longitude | -3.786988 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lower Dean emerges as a quiet collection of dwellings where the rolling topography of the South Hams softens into verdant pasture. It lies 0.8 miles south-south-west of Buckfastleigh (from Buckfastleigh: bearing 207°T, OS grid SX 732 649). Verdant hedgerows define the boundaries of the local fields, catching a light that seems to linger longer here than in the deeper valleys. To the east, the sprawling expanse of Potter’s Wood SSSI offers a sanctuary of ancient timber, where the air holds the cool, damp scent of undisturbed woodland soil. Residents of Lower Dean often look toward the nearby Moorshead Brook, a modest waterway that carves a persistent, rhythmic path through the undulating Devon earth. The local character is defined by this proximity to nature, where the sounds of the modern world are muted by the steady, seasonal work of the surrounding farms. Even the architecture reflects a modest, functional grace, avoiding grandiosity in favour of sturdy stone and slate that have weathered many Atlantic gales. Life in Lower Dean remains tethered to the slow, inevitable turning of the seasons, observed in the changing colour of the hedgerows and the shifting temperament of the skies above the South Hams.
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Explore Lower Dean, 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: 50.470352, -3.786988. 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. |