Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: East Devon · Region: South West
Explore Sowton, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sowton 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.
| Place | Sowton |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | East Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.724301 |
| Longitude | -3.450748 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sowton rests within the embrace of East Devon's gentle contours. It lies 4.6 km north-north-east of Topsham (from Topsham: bearing 13°T, OS grid SX 976 926), and is situated south-west of Clyst Honiton village. The parish, though modest in size, possesses a quiet grace, its fields often catching the soft, diffused light that is characteristic of this corner of the South West. The land here flows with a subtle undulation, a landscape shaped by centuries of cultivation rather than dramatic geological upheaval. A sense of enduring agricultural life pervades Sowton, where the hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, still form the ancient boundaries of fields.
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Explore Sowton, 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: 50.724301, -3.450748. 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 | June 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. |