Ashburton, Devon

Ashburton
West Street, Ashburton
Ashburton is located in Devon
Ashburton
Ashburton
Location within Devon
Population4,170 
OS grid referenceSX756698
Civil parish
  • Ashburton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWTON ABBOT
Postcode districtTQ13
Dialling code01364
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
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Devon
50°31′01″N 3°45′04″W / 50.517°N 3.751°W / 50.517; -3.751

Ashburton is a town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England, adjacent to the A38. The town is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Plymouth and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Exeter.

It was formerly important as a stannary town (a centre for the administration of tin mining), and remains the largest town within the national park. Ashburton has two pubs within the centre of town and six restaurants/cafés. The town is also part of the electoral ward named Ashburton and Buckfastleigh, the population of which at the 2011 census was 7,718.[1]

  1. ^ "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.