Sticklepath is a large village located about 3.5 miles east of Okehampton, within the District of West Devon. Lying in the valley of the River Taw, close to a crossing point, it is on the major route from Exeter to Okehampton and on to Launceston. The name is said to be derived from the old ‘stickle’ or steep path that the route followed until improvement around 1829.