Dousland
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Dousland is a small settlement in Devon, England. It is near the A386 road at Yelverton and is northeast of the city of Plymouth by road. The northern part of the settlement is in Walkhampton parish, along the B3212 road from Yelverton to Princetown, and the southern part is in Meavy parish, along the road towards Meavy. Dousland is within the boundary of Dartmoor National Park.
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- Locality
- West Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 833
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Dousland is a small settlement in Devon, England. It is near the A386 road at Yelverton and is northeast of the city of Plymouth by road. The northern part of the settlement is in Walkhampton parish, along the B3212 road from Yelverton to Princetown, and the southern part is in Meavy parish, along the road towards Meavy. Dousland is within the boundary of Dartmoor National Park.
Dousland had a railway station on the branch line to Princetown that opened in 1883 and closed in 1956. It was operated by the Great Western Railway until nationalisation took place. The station building is now a private dwelling and the platform still survives.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dousland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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