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Dunsbear Halt railway station

Dunsbear Halt was a relatively well-used halt on the initially privately run North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway. Opened in 1925 and closed to passenger traffic 40 years later in 1965. The line remained open for freight between Barnstaple railway station and Meeth until 1982. Today it forms part of the popular Tarka trail, and has recently been renovated by conservation volunteers.

Located at 50.9008, -4.12917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Devon, Former Southern Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1925, Railway stations closed in 1965, Beeching closures in England

Marland Works railway station

Marlands Works was a busy industrial site for just over a century, firstly on the Torrington and Marland Railway, built to carry bricks and clay on a three-feet gauge, which in turn was subsumed in 1925 by the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway before finally becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948.

Located at 50.8918, -4.1315 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Devon, Former Southern Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1881, Railway stations closed in 1966

Petrockstow railway station

Petrockstow railway station was a station serving the village of Petrockstowe in West Devon, which is about one mile away. The station was, throughout its passenger-carrying life from 1925 to 1965, spelt without the final "e" of the village name. The railway was originally built as a narrow-gauge freight line to carry ball clay to Torrington from the Marland and Meeth clay pits.

Located at 50.8811, -4.11639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Devon, Former Southern Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1881, Railway stations closed in 1965, Beeching closures in England

Meeth Halt railway station

Opened in 1925, Meeth Halt was a small railway station on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, a private line until it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948. The line was built in part over narrow gauge line that was used from 1881 to take ball clay from claypits at Marland and Meeth to Torrington, which was until 1925 the terminus of a branch from Barnstaple.

Located at 50.8519, -4.06644 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Devon, Former Southern Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1925, Railway stations closed in 1965, Beeching closures in England

Meeth

Meeth is a small village roughly 13.5 km north-northwest of Okehampton and 40.7 km west-northwest of Exeter. It lies to the west of the River Torridge. In the past, clay mines were a major source of employment in the village, lying just to the west, however these have closed. The Tarka Trail finishes/starts in Meeth. The village is also notable for being the home of Hookways Holidays,now sadly no more, a coach firm providing tours and National Express services.

Located at 50.85, -4.06667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Villages in Devon

Huish, Devon

Huish, in mid-Devon, is a small hamlet, parish and former manor situated approximately 1 mile south-east of Merton, 5 miles and a half from Hatherleigh, and about seven from Torrington. It was a member of the historic hundred of Shebbear and was in the deanery of Torrington. The small village of Newbridge is in this parish. It contains St James the Less Church and the mansion and home farm of Heanton Satchville, the seat of Baron Clinton.

Located at 50.881, -4.086 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villages in Devon

Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe

Not to be confused with Heanton Satchville, Huish The mansion of Heanton Satchville in the parish of Petrockstowe, Devon, has today been obliterated almost without a trace, but was at one time "one of the most imposing houses ever to exist in Devon" The research of the Devon historian Rosemary Lauder brought this house "almost completely erased from memory" which has "for long years remained unknown" back into prominence in the 2005 second edition of her book "Vanished Houses of North Devon".

Located at 50.8766, -4.1317 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Country houses in Devon,