Buckfastleigh
Buckfastleigh is a small market community and also civil parish in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway (A38) beside the Dartmoor National Forest. It is part of Teignbridge and, for clerical purposes, exists within the Totnes Deanery. It has a population of 3,661. It is a centre of tourist and is residence to Buckfast Abbey, the South Devon Railway, the Buckfastleigh Butterfly Farm and Otter Sanctuary, the Tomb of Squire Richard Cabell and The Valiant Soldier. With 13 letters, Buckfastleigh is the longest name in England with no repeated letters, linked with Buslingthorpe, Leeds as well as Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire. Geographically, Buckfastleigh straddles the assemblage of 2 little streams from Dartmoor which feed right into the River Dart just to the east of the town. About one mile to the north exists Buckfast, home of Buckfast Abbey. To the northwest exist Holne and Scorriton on the southerly breastwork of the Dartmoor upland. Pridhamsleigh Cavern is nearby and also is neighboured by Ashburton and also Lower Dean.
