Sourton is a small village and
civil parish in
West Devon, England. It lies about south-west of
Okehampton. It is at the north-western extremity of
Dartmoor, a
National Park of England and Wales, and lies along the
A386 road.The historic map of Sourton shows that it is located near a river and the Sourton forest this can be seen in the image below.According to the 2001 census Sourton parish had a population of 406, and according to the 2011 census it had a population of 420. There is a public house in Sourton. In the 1870s Sourton was described as