Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: West Devon · Region: South West
Explore Merrivale, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Merrivale 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 Merrivale, 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 | Merrivale |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | West Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.558305 |
| Longitude | -4.050393 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Granite tors and the restless breath of the high moor define the character of Merrivale. It lies 4.2 miles east of Tavistock (from Tavistock: bearing 82°T, OS grid SX 548 751), and is situated east-south-east of Peter Tavy village. Merrivale keeps a quiet vigil within the expansive reaches of Dartmoor National Park, where the light falls thin and silver across the gorse. To the north-east, the remains of a prehistoric settlement and field system speak of ancient lives lived against the relentless wind. The heavy silence of the landscape is punctuated by the jagged silhouette of Great Staple Tor, which watches over the valley with a stony, indifferent grace. Below the horizon, the earth hides the remnants of a vermin trap and a mill, relics of a time when the moor demanded a hard, pragmatic sort of labour. Merrivale remains a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon possesses a singular, unyielding clarity. This rugged terrain suggests a history written in stone rather than ink, where the seasons turn with a slow and deliberate weight.
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Explore Merrivale, 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: 50.558305, -4.050393. 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. |