Scoriton is a tiny hamlet in the county of

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. Devon is ...

, England, and the main centre of habitation of the parish of

West Buckfastleigh West Buckfastleigh is a small civil parish on the eastern border of Dartmoor in Devon, England. Situated within the parish are the village of Scorriton and the hamlets of Michelcombe and Combe.BBC"West Buckfastleigh Parish" Domesday Reloaded. Re ...

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"West Buckfastleigh Parish"
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Description

The Tradesmans Arms, Scorriton - geograph

The hamlet is about three miles northwest of Buckfastleigh and is situated within the boundaries of

Dartmoor Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers . The granite which forms the uplands dates from the Carboniferous ...

National Park. The hamlet consists largely of about a dozen stone-built cottages, but there are also 4 local authority houses, a farm, and a popular inn with food and accommodation, called ''The Tradesman's Arms''. Faced with the closure of the inn in 2008, four regulars decided to buy the property and reopen it. The inn is still open and thriving as of November 2022. The Scoriton Country Show is held annually on August Bank Holiday Monday in a field on the outskirts of the village, it is now in its 72nd year. There is also an annual Christmas 'Ball in the Hall' which is held at the Scoriton Village Hall.

Transportation

Bus line 672 of Country Bus Devon calls at ''The Tradesman's Arms'' twice every Thursday (except for public holidays): once at 10:11 towards Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Seale, and

Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge, Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in th ...

, and once at 14:15 towards Holne,

Poundsgate Poundsgate is a small village in Dartmoor, Devon, England, located on the road between Ashburton and Princetown. The postal area of "Poundsgate" is a wide geographical area. There are a few cottages clustered around a popular stopping point fo ...

Ponsworthy Ponsworthy is a hamlet on the eastern side of Dartmoor, Devon, England. It lies in the steep valley of the West Webburn River about southwest of the village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor. Its row of picturesque thatched cottages, climbing up a stee ...

, Widecombe, and

Buckland-in-the-Moor Buckland in the Moor is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 94. The village is in Dartmoor. According to Elias Tozer (1825–1873) a ritual until recen ...

Twinning

The village is twinned with the commune of

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, Calvados,

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"W. Buckfastleigh Recreation"
Domesday Reloaded. Retrieved 30 - 11 - 2015.

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