Buckfastleigh is a tiny market community and also civil parish in Devon, England positioned next to the Devon Expressway (A38) at the edge of the Dartmoor National Forest. It belongs to Teignbridge and, for clerical functions, lies within the Totnes Deanery. It has a population of 3,661. It is a centre of tourism and also is house to Buckfast Abbey, the South Devon Railway, the Buckfastleigh Butterfly Farm as well as Otter Sanctuary, the Tomb of Squire Richard Cabell and also The Valiant Soldier. With 13 letters, Buckfastleigh is the longest place name in England without any duplicated 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 community. About one mile to the north lies 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 is neighboured by Ashburton and also Lower Dean.