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Immediately to the south-east is the area of the Okehampton military firing range, which is sometimes closed to the public. At other times, a footpath along the west side of the reservoir can be used to access the open moor.
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of Oakhampton, or Okehampton, consisted of 9,552 acres (38.66 km) of land, which encompassed several villages including Meldon. The hamlet is now part of the civil parish of
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was formed by damming the West Okement River. It is about 1.2 km long and 300 metres wide, and extends from the West Okement valley into a small side valley.
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is still extracted from Meldon Quarry. The now disused Meldon Aplite Quarry has been designated as a
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and Plymouth continues as a cycle path. The former railway line crosses the
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terminates at Meldon Quarry; the former continuation of the line to
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Okehampton & North Dartmoor (Crediton & Bovey Tracey)
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Meldon Viaduct
Meldon is located in Devon
Devon
OS grid reference
SX5592
Civil parish
Okehampton Hamlets
District
West Devon
Shire county
Devon
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
EX20
Dialling code
Police
Devon and Cornwall
Fire
Devon and Somerset
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Torridge and West Devon
UK

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