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Penstone Devon Map

(Hamlet near Colebrooke)

Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: Mid Devon · Region: South West

Explore Penstone, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Penstone 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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PlacePenstone
Traditional CountyDevon
District / BoroughMid Devon
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.789942
Longitude-3.739432
Place TypeHamlet

About Penstone

Penstone emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of Mid Devon as a gathering of stone and timber that seems to hold the morning light with peculiar clarity. It lies 3.5 miles west of Crediton (from Crediton: bearing 269°T, OS grid SS 774 003), and is situated north-east of Colebrooke village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace, guiding the eye toward the distant, ancient silhouette of Posbury Camp, which watches over the terrain like a silent, earthen sentinel. Penstone breathes in the damp, fertile air of the local pastures, where the soil maintains a deep, rich colour that marks the rhythm of the seasons. To the north, the historic shaft of Copplestone Cross anchors the landscape, its weathered granite surface bearing the weight of centuries under the shifting Devon sky. The lanes surrounding Penstone narrow into intimate corridors, hedged by hawthorn and hazel that bloom with a wild, unbothered intensity. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the lengthening shadows that creep across the fields toward the close of each day. Every fence line and furrow in the soil tells of a persistent, quiet industry that has defined the character of the inhabitants for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Copplestone Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 350° N
  • Higher Woolsgrove (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 033° NNE
  • Combe Fish Ponds (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 301° WNW
  • Higherdown Bottom (Valley) — 2.3 mi, 248° WSW
  • Binneford (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 200° SSW
  • Barn Lake (River) — 2.6 mi, 329° NNW
  • Knathorne Brook (River) — 2.6 mi, 350° N
  • Posbury Camp, Castle Down (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 132° SE · 5 ha
  • Posbury Clump Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 122° ESE · 2 ha
  • Nymet Barton Marsh Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 278° W · 10 ha
  • Upper Deck (Park) — 3.1 mi, 083° E
  • Churchyard Cross 20M South East Of Down St Mary Church (Scheduled Monument) — 3.1 mi, 321° NW
  • Sandford Millennium Green (Park) — 3.5 mi, 073° ENE
  • Crediton Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 089° E
  • Sanford Cinema (Cinema) — 3.5 mi, 067° ENE
  • Hittisleigh Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 3.6 mi, 223° SW
  • Pounds Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.7 mi, 084° E
  • St Boniface (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 090° E
  • Zeal Monachorum Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 4.1 mi, 302° WNW
  • Creedy Lakes Fishing (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 078° ENE
  • Shobrooke Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.0 mi, 083° E · 81 ha
  • The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.6 mi, 167° SSE
  • Sherwood Gardens (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 115° ESE
  • Whitestone Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 6.2 mi, 118° ESE
  • R.O.C. Witheridge (Site of) (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 355° N
  • Fingle Mill (est 1790) (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 194° SSW
  • Castle Drogo (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 7.0 mi, 203° SSW · 66 ha
  • The Mythic Garden, sculpture garden (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 213° SSW
  • Chagstock Festival Ground (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 224° SW
  • Wood House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 7.9 mi, 248° WSW · 14 ha

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About This Penstone Map Page

Explore Penstone, 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: 50.789942, -3.739432. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.