Venton Devon Map

About Venton

Venton, a hamlet of quietude, breathes the Dartmoor air. It lies 7.1 km north-north-west of Ashburton (from Ashburton: bearing 330°T, OS grid SX 721 760), and is situated west of Haytor Vale village. Here, the land rises, a gentle unfurling towards the wilder heights, where the granite bones of Dartmoor begin to show through the heather. The light, when it breaks through the often-brooding sky, can fall with a sudden, almost startling clarity, illuminating the stone walls and patchwork fields that define Venton. A sense of ancient husbandry lingers, a testament to generations who worked this challenging, beautiful terrain. The air carries the scent of damp earth and distant peat fires, a subtle perfume of the moorland fringe.

About This Venton Map Page

Explore Venton, 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: 50.570387, -3.806432. 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.