Wilminstone

Wilminstone
Wilminstone Quarry
Wilminstone Location within Devon
Population	82 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SX491764
District	West Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TAVISTOCK
Postcode district	PL19
Dialling code	01822
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Torridge and West Devon
List of places UK England Devon 50°34′05″N 4°07′30″W / 50.568°N 4.125°W / 50.568; -4.125Coordinates: 50°34′05″N 4°07′30″W / 50.568°N 4.125°W / 50.568; -4.125

Wilminstone is a village in the civil parish of Mary Tavy in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Tavistock, which lies approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south-west of the hamlet. Wilminstone is situated on the C157 a few hundred yards north of the A386; this is also part of National Cycle Route No.27. The River Wallabrooke flows alongside. Just to the north was Wilminstone Quarry, which once provided more than 1,200 tonnes of roadstone per week; it is now abandoned and flooded.^[1] Wilminstone stood on the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway line from Bere Alston to Lydford; the line and the station closed in 1968. The large railway viaduct (Bridge No.652) where the line crossed the Wallabrooke still exists today.^[2]

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• Photograph of former Wilminstone Quarry at geograph.org
• Wilminstone Railway Viaduct (Bridge No.652) at geograph.org
• Wilminstone at Explore Britain