(Hamlet near Milltown)
Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: North Devon · Region: South West
Explore Whiddon, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whiddon 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.
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| Place | Whiddon |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | North Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.128484 |
| Longitude | -4.072363 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Whiddon emerges from the North Devon landscape as a collection of quiet lanes and ancient hedgerows, where the morning mist clings stubbornly to the low-lying pastures. It lies 3.3 miles north of Barnstaple (from Barnstaple: bearing 350°T, OS grid SS 550 386), and is situated south-west of Milltown village. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the Colam Stream as it traces its slender, silver path through the northern fields. Whiddon maintains a steady, agricultural composure, its fields defined by the hard labour of generations who worked the soil long before the modern age encroached. To the south-west, the waters of the Knowl Water carve subtle indentations into the earth, providing a persistent, rhythmic accompaniment to the turn of the seasons. Sunlight strikes the stone walls of local farmsteads with a stark, honest brightness, revealing the rough texture of the masonry that has weathered many a gale from the Bristol Channel. These lanes, narrow and deep-set, serve as the quiet arteries of Whiddon, connecting isolated hearths to the wider pulse of the Devon countryside. Such a landscape offers a reprieve from haste, where the only urgency is the movement of the wind across the high, exposed ridges.
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Explore Whiddon, 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: 51.128484, -4.072363. 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. |