Petrockstowe | |
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Cott Lane, Petrockstowe | |
Location within Devon | |
OS grid reference | SS513091 |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | OKEHAMPTON |
Postcode district | EX20 |
Dialling code | 01837 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Petrockstowe (or Petrockstow) is a small village and civil parish in the district of Torridge in Northern Devon, England. Its population in 2001 was 379, hardly different from the figure of 385 recorded in 1901.[1] The southern boundary of the parish lies on the River Torridge,[1] and it is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Peters Marland, Merton, Huish, Meeth, Highampton and Buckland Filleigh.[2]
The village lies about four miles (6 km) NNW of the town of Hatherleigh and is some two miles (3 km) west of the A386 road, accessible only by minor roads.[1]