| Schools in the town include Okehampton Primary School and Okehampton College. |
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| Rural market towns in the county include Barnstaple, Bideford, Honiton, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Tavistock, Totnes and Tiverton. |
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| Going westwards, the A38 connects Exeter to Plymouth and south east Cornwall, whilst the A30 continues via Okehampton to north and west Cornwall. |
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| There is also a summer weekend service to Okehampton for access to Dartmoor. |
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| There are proposals to reopen the line from Okehampton, Tavistock to Bere Alston for a through service to Plymouth. |
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| When the chief constable of Devon announced his intention to send the county police into Okehampton in 1857, the police committee rejected them. |
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| Okehampton is served by various bus services from Exeter, Bude, Newquay and Tavistock. |
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| Stagecoach service 6 links from Exeter Bus station via Exeter St Davids to Okehampton and then to Bude. |
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| Okehampton is surrounded by many smaller villages and towns including the hamlet of Stockley. |
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| Okehampton lies on the A30 main road, the shortest route from London to west Devon and Cornwall. |
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| From 1955 onwards Sayer kept up a correspondence about the military roads that lead across the northern moor from Okehampton Camp. |
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| In the early 1980s there were plans to create a bypass for the A30 road around the town of Okehampton on the northern edge of Dartmoor. |
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| Dartmouth, Honiton, Stonehouse and Torquay were absorbed in 1857, followed by Okehampton and Bradninch in 1860 and 1866 respectively. |
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| The War Office agreed with the Duchy of Cornwall and the town council of Okehampton to set up a training range in north Dartmoor. |
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| The Okehampton railway line established in 1871 facilitated access to the area. |
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| Mons and Eaton Hall Officer Cadet Training Units set up battle schools at Okehampton Camp. |
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| His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. |
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| Like many towns in the West Country, Okehampton grew on the medieval wool trade. |
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| Okehampton was the caput of a large feudal barony, which at the time of the Domesday Book was held by Baldwin FitzGilbert. |
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| The Ten Tors event is run by the Army each year in early May from Okehampton Camp. |
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| Okehampton railway station is on the former northerly rail route from Exeter to Plymouth via Tavistock. |
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| In summer, and at weekends throughout the year, the Dartmoor Railway operates a heritage railway service between Okehampton and Meldon Quarry. |
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| It was not until 1860 that the chief constable was able to send constables to Okehampton, after having to seek significant legal advice from the Exeter Magistrates. |
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| In the 1930s training and building at Okehampton intensified. |
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| In its founding year, the secretary, Robert Burnard persuaded the War Department not to fire on the Okehampton Firing Range on Saturdays to allow access to the public. |
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| All the teams start at 0700 on the Saturday from an area of flat land next to Anthony Stile, close to Okehampton Camp on the northern edge of Dartmoor. |
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| In the 1890s, a military stop was built just below Okehampton Camp. |
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| Although the people of Okehampton appreciated the additional business brought by the troops, the graziers protested as the lifestock was driven off. |
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