Meavy

Meavy is a small village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park.

Understand
The River Meavy flows from Burrator Reservoir, through the small villages of Meavy and Shaugh Prior through the empty and quiet moor towards Plymouth and Plymouth Sound.

In 2010, Meavy was one of the filming locations for the Steven Spielberg film War Horse.

Get in
Follow Meavy Lane from Yelverton or Boringdon Hill from Plympton.

See

 * The parish church of St Peter is at least partly Norman with additions of the 13th and 15th centuries. There is an altarpiece from 1884 by J.D. Sedding and a foliated churchyard cross.
 * The parish church of St Peter is at least partly Norman with additions of the 13th and 15th centuries. There is an altarpiece from 1884 by J.D. Sedding and a foliated churchyard cross.

Go next

 * North east to Princetown and the centre of Dartmoor
 * South east to Cornwood and Hartford