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Woodacott is a small village in
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
, England.
The nearest shops are in
Holsworthy
Holsworthy is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Torridge District, Torridge district of Devon, England, some west of Exeter. The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the paris ...
, about four miles to the south-west of Woodacott. The village is less than a ΒΌ mile to the west of Woodacott Cross, and they are normally regarded as the same village.
Woodacott is in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of the nearby village of
Thornbury.
The nearest separate settlement to Woodacott is Thornbury. To the north of Woodacott lies the village of
Milton Damerel
Milton Damerel is a village, parish and former manor in north Devon, England. Situated in the political division of Torridge, on the river Waldon, it covers . It contains many tiny hamlets including Whitebeare, Strawberry Bank, East Wonford an ...
, to the east Thornbury and
Shebbear, to the south-east
Cookbury
Cookbury is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about five miles east of the town of Holsworthy, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Thornbury, ...
, and to the west
Holsworthy Beacon.
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Villages in Devon
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