Meavy - village and civil parish in Devon, United Kingdom

Meavy is a small village in the English county of Devon in Dartmoor National Park.

Understand

The River Meavy flows: from Burrator Reservoir, through the small villages of Meavy and Shaugh Prior through the empty and quiet moor towards Plymouth and Plymouth Sound.

In 2010, Meavy was one of the filming locations for the Steven Spielberg film War Horse.

Get in

Follow Meavy Lane from Yelverton or Boringdon Hill from Plympton.

Get around

See

• Burrator Reservoir, 50.498°, -4.0392°. This reservoir features in Steven Spielberg's film, War Horse. 2020-12-07
• Meavy Oak (Royal Oak). This tree is said to have been planted during the reign of King John. Known locally as the Royal Oak as it is thought to be, one of many, trees that King Charles hid in while fleeing from Oliver Cromwell’s men. 2020-12-07
• The parish church of St Peter is at least partly Norman with additions of the 13th and 15th centuries. There is a altarpiece from 1884 by J.D. Sedding and a foliated churchyard cross.

Do

• Cuckoo Rock, 50.50104°, -3.99710°. high 2020-12-07
• Dewerstone Rock, PL7 5HG (Overlooks Shaugh Prior from the north), 50.45663°, -4.06119°. high. 2020-12-07
• Eastern Tor, 50.48142°, -3.99601°. high 2020-12-07
• Gutter Tor, 50.48425°, -4.00586°. high 2020-12-07
• Legis Tor, 50.47253°, -4.01522°. high 2020-12-07
• Lowery Tor, 50.50964°, -4.02851°. high 2020-12-07
• Sheeps Tor, PL20 6PF, 50.49601°, -4.02365°. high 2020-11-28

Eat

Drink

• The Royal Oak, 50.48647°, -4.05841°, +44 1822 852 944, info@royaloakinn.org.uk. Tu-Th Su 11AM-9PM, F Sa 11AM-10PM, M 11AM-6PM. The Royal Oak Inn dates to the late 15th century, and is owned by the civil parish of Burrator, with the profits being used by the parish council to fund projects within the parish. Some of the seating consists of pews formerly located in the nearby church. 2020-11-28
• The White Thorn Inn, Shaugh Prior, PL7 5HA, 50.44946°, -4.05472°, +44 1752 839 245. 2020-11-28

Sleep

Cope

• Public toilets, PL20 6PE (to the west of Burrator Reservoir dam.), 50.49391°, -4.04507°. 2020-12-06

Go next

• North east to Princetown and the centre of Dartmoor
• South east to Cornwood and Hartford