Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: North Devon · Region: South West
Explore Pottington, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Pottington 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 Pottington, 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 | Pottington |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | North Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.085550 |
| Longitude | -4.072842 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Pottington stretches along the tidal margins of the River Taw, where the river’s grey, silty breath meets the industrial pulse of North Devon. It lies 0.7 miles west-north-west of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 296°T, OS grid SS 549 338). Heavy machinery and commerce define the foreground here, yet the light reflecting off the estuary water lends a transient, silvered quality to the corrugated warehouses. A short distance away, the quiet elevation of the ruins at Barnstaple Castle offers a stony, silent contrast to the modern hum of the riverbank. Pottington maintains a utilitarian character, its grid of roads serving as a pragmatic threshold between the town’s ancient heart and the open, marshy reaches of the coast. To the east, the green expanse of Pilton Park provides a soft, leafy counterpoint to the salt-crusted tarmac and steel of the local workshops. The air here carries the faint, sharp tang of the Atlantic, grounding the landscape in a rhythm dictated by the turning of the tides. Even amid the bustle of trade, the horizon remains wide and indifferent, reminding all who work here of the restless, shifting nature of this estuarine edge.
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Explore Pottington, 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: 51.085550, -4.072842. 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. |