Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: West Devon · Region: South West
Explore Vale Down, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Vale Down 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 Vale Down, 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 | Vale Down |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | West Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.654810 |
| Longitude | -4.089907 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Vale Down emerges from the high, shivering grasses of the West Devon landscape like a stone breath held against the vastness of the moor. It lies 6.9 miles south-south-west of Okehampton (from Okehampton: bearing 213°T, OS grid SX 523 859), and is situated north-east of Lydford village. Within the rugged expanse of Dartmoor National Park, the hamlet occupies a threshold where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of granite and damp gorse. To the east, the silhouette of Brat Tor rises against the horizon, its crown often bruised by the bruised purple of an approaching storm. Ancient earthworks, such as the ring cairn near the summit of Great Nodden, suggest that Vale Down has long watched the slow, geological turning of the seasons. The light here possesses a particular, silver clarity, illuminating the moss-slicked walls and the sudden, startling flight of a kestrel over the open heather. Life in Vale Down remains tethered to the moods of the high ground, where the silence is only broken by the distant, rhythmic water-music of the Walla Brook. Every evening, the shadows lengthen across the tussocks, tracing the lines of a landscape that belongs more to the sky than to the maps of men.
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Explore Vale Down, 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: 50.654810, -4.089907. 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. |