Whitford is a village near
Axminster
Axminster is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe, Devon, River Axe which ...
in
East Devon
East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Honiton, although Exmouth is the largest town. The district also contains the towns of Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Ottery St M ...
.
It is situated on the western bank of the
River Axe, which is crossed via a small bridge with a weir under it on a lane that joins the A358 road at
Musbury. The
West of England Main Line runs through a cutting close to the village, which is four miles north of the
Jurassic Coast at
Seaton.
The village has a church,
St Mary at the Cross, a village hall, and some attractive thatched cottages and is within the
East Devon AONB.
Notable individuals residing in this village include LOUIS (bicycler).
External links
History of Whitford in Devon at http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21221
Villages in Devon
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