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Where is Higher Rocombe?

Higher Rocombe is located in the county of Devon, South West England, three miles north of the town of Torquay, 15 miles south of the major city of Exeter, 69 miles south of Cardiff, and 164 miles south-west of London. Higher Rocombe falls within the district council of Teignbridge, under the county council of Devon. It is in the TQ1 postcode district. The post town for Higher Rocombe is Torquay.

Higher Rocombe on a map

Map showing extent of Higher Rocombe as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Higher Rocombe
Map showing location of Higher Rocombe within the UK
Location of Higher Rocombe within the UK

Which county is Higher Rocombe in?

Higher Rocombe is in the ceremonial county of Devon, the historic county of Devon, and the administrative county of Devon.

Ceremonial CountyDevon
Historic CountyDevon
Administrative CountyDevon

Where is Higher Rocombe in Devon?

Higher Rocombe is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Devon, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Devon.

Map showing location of Higher Rocombe within Devon
Location of Higher Rocombe within Devon

What is the postcode for Higher Rocombe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Higher Rocombe is TQ12 4QL.

Where is Higher Rocombe in TQ1?

Higher Rocombe is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the TQ1 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the TQ1 postcode district.

Location of Higher Rocombe within TQ1
Location of Higher Rocombe within TQ1

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What is the post town for Higher Rocombe?

The post town for Higher Rocombe is Torquay. Higher Rocombe is in the TQ1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Torquay.

What is the latitude and longitude of Higher Rocombe?

The centre of Higher Rocombe is located at position 50.509° latitude and -3.5351° longitude.

Latitude50.509°
Longitude-3.5351°

What is the easting and northing of Higher Rocombe?

The centre of Higher Rocombe is located at the grid reference easting 291245 and northing 68815 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting291245
Northing68815

What are the nearest towns to Higher Rocombe?

Position of Higher Rocombe relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Higher Rocombe to the centre of the town.

north
3m
Higher Rocombe is 3 miles north of Torquay
south-west
3m
Higher Rocombe is 3 miles south-west of Teignmouth
south-east
4m
Higher Rocombe is 4 miles south-east of Newton Abbot
south-east
4m
Higher Rocombe is 4 miles south-east of Kingsteignton
north
5m
Higher Rocombe is 5 miles north of Paignton
south-west
6m
Higher Rocombe is 6 miles south-west of Dawlish
south
7m
Higher Rocombe is 7 miles south of Chudleigh
north
8m
Higher Rocombe is 8 miles north of Brixham
south-east
8m
Higher Rocombe is 8 miles south-east of Bovey Tracey
north-east
9m
Higher Rocombe is 9 miles north-east of Totnes

What are the nearest cities to Higher Rocombe?

Position of Higher Rocombe relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Higher Rocombe to the centre of the city.

south
15m
Higher Rocombe is 15 miles south of Exeter
east
28m
Higher Rocombe is 28 miles east of Plymouth
south-west
62m
Higher Rocombe is 62 miles south-west of Wells
south
69m
Higher Rocombe is 69 miles south of Cardiff
east
69m
Higher Rocombe is 69 miles east of Truro
south-west
77m
Higher Rocombe is 77 miles south-west of Bristol
south
78m
Higher Rocombe is 78 miles south of Newport
south
79m
Higher Rocombe is 79 miles south of Swansea
south-west
79m
Higher Rocombe is 79 miles south-west of Bath
south-west
85m
Higher Rocombe is 85 miles south-west of Salisbury