Towns & cities · South West England
Lydford
Lydford — village in Devon, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Lydford is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 370 people. Address: EX20. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Devon, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.6456°, -4.1060°.
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Lydford, sometimes spelled Lidford, is a village and civil parish, in Devon, seven miles (11 km) north of Tavistock on the western fringe of Dartmoor in the West Devon district. The parish covers an area of 50,000 acres (200 km2), and at the 2021 census had a population of 370. The village is on the small River Lyd, which traverses a deep narrow chasm, crossed by a bridge of single span. Running south-west from the village is Lydford Gorge, a 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) wooded gorge which has been cut through the slate rock by the river, and is noted for its 30-metre (98 ft) waterfall. The gorge area is owned by the National Trust. Once an important town, Lydford is noted for its history and surrounding countryside, and has been described as a tourism honeypot.
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Background
History
Historically Lydford was an economic powerhouse, established as one of the four Saxon burhs of Devon by king Alfred the Great. It first appears in recorded history in 997, when the Danes made a plundering expedition up the Tamar and Tavy as far as Hlidaforda (i.e. Lydford). The attack is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Translation: During the reign of Ethelred the Unready Lydford had a mint; coins minted there were inscribed LVD., LVDA, and LVDAN. In the reign of Edward the Confessor it was the most populous centre in Devon after Exeter, but Domesday Book relates that forty houses had lain waste since the Norman Conquest. The town never recovered its former prosperity under the…
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- Coordinates
- 50.6456, -4.1060
- County
- Devon
- District
- West Devon
- Parish
- Lydford
- Postcode
- EX20
- Parliamentary constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock
- Population
- 370
Sources
- wikidata: Q1026666 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lydford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Petrock's Church - geograph.org.uk - 1264667.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lydford?
- Lydford is in Devon, South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode EX20), in the parish of Lydford.
- Is Lydford free to visit?
- Yes, Lydford is free to enter.
- How do I get to Lydford?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EX20. It sits within the Torridge and Tavistock parliamentary constituency.