Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: Torridge · Region: South West
Explore Monkleigh, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Monkleigh 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 | Monkleigh |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | Torridge |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.965551 |
| Longitude | -4.201058 |
| Place Type | Village |
Monkleigh occupies a high ridge of Devon earth, where the light catches the stone of the parish church with a peculiar, silver clarity. It lies 2.7 miles west-north-west of Great Torrington (from Great Torrington: bearing 290°T, OS grid SS 455 207), and is situated south-west of Weare Giffard village. Beneath the main thoroughfare, the land falls away into the deep, quiet folds of Annery Bottoms, where the air holds a damp, ancient stillness. Monkleigh commands a view of the surrounding pastoral expanse, a patchwork of fields that carry the salt-tang of the Atlantic winds pushing up from the coast. To the south-east, the skeletal remains of Frithelstock Priory stand as a stark reminder of the monastic influence that once shaped the agrarian rhythm of these valleys. The lanes here are narrow and banked high with ferns, tracing the contours of a landscape that has long been defined by the heavy toil of the plough. Farmers still work the clay-rich soil, maintaining a stubborn connection to the earth that predates the modern intrusion of the motor car. Even in the height of summer, the shadows cast by the hedgerows possess a sharpness that lends the terrain a sudden, dramatic depth.
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Explore Monkleigh, 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: 50.965551, -4.201058. 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. |