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.
| 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 whispers of a quiet constancy, a place where the Devonshire air holds a certain clarity. It lies 11.2 km south-south-west of Okehampton (from Okehampton: bearing 213°T, OS grid SX 523 859), and is situated north-east of Lydford village. The land around Vale Down rolls with a gentle, unassuming grace, a landscape often brushed by the soft, diffused light characteristic of the South West's often-overcast skies. Here, the fields seem to hold their breath, a quiet testament to the enduring agricultural heart of the region. The very stones of the few dwellings speak of a past that was less about grand pronouncements and more about a steady, grounded existence, a slow unfolding of days.
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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 | 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. |