Country: | England |
Official Name: | Whitford |
Coordinates: | 50.7559°N -3.0521°W |
Shire County: | Devon |
Region: | South West England |
Post Town: | AXMINSTER |
Postcode District: | EX13 |
Postcode Area: | EX |
Constituency Westminster: | Honiton and Sidmouth |
Os Grid Reference: | SY259956 |
Whitford is a village near Axminster in East Devon.
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.
History of Whitford in Devon at http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21221