Halwill
| Halwill | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 St Peter and St James church, Halwill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX427994 |
| Location: | 50°46’23"N, 4°13’52"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | EX21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Devon |
Halwill is a village in west Devon, just off the A3079 Okehampton to Holsworthy road. About a mile away on the main road is a hamlet called Halwill Junction.
The two villages were once the location of an important railway junction, where the North Cornwall Railway (forming part of a main line railway from Exeter to Plymouth) diverged from the earlier Okehampton to Bude Line: this was the origin of the name 'Halwill Junction' and indeed of the hamlet itself. Portions for the two routes separated and rejoined at Halwill station, giving the villages a much better service than larger habitations in the area.
About the village
There is a football pitch in Halwill as well as a few local shops: newsagent's, a fish and chip shop and others.
The Halwill Playing Fields on Station Road, a field of four acres, is a Queen Elizabeth II Field.
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Halwill) |