Situated in the valley of the River Otter, it is one of the largest, and most distinct hills in the area due to a large clump of beech trees situated at its summit.
Until the River Otter to the east silted up, the village was a market town and port; it was still being used by ships in the 15th century, according to John Leland.
Newton Poppleford is a large village (population 1,692) situated on the A3052 road between Exeter and Sidmouth on the west side of the River Otter in East Devon, within the East Devon AONB.
The River Otter rises in the Blackdown Hills just inside the county of Somerset, England near Otterford, then flows south for some 32 km through East Devon to the English Channel at the western end of Lyme Bay, part of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Permian and Triassic sandstone aquifer in the Otter Valley is one of Devon's largest groundwater sources, supplying drinking water to 200,000 people.
The village is built on rising ground overlooking the River Otter.
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Animals that visitors will see at the zoo include DeBrazza's Monkey, Kestrel, Russell's Viper, Jaguar, Jamaican Fruit Bat, Galapagos Tortoise, Fly River Turtle, Bontebok, Sulcata tortoise, Ruddy Duck, Malayan Tapir, Spectacled Owl, Chilean Flamingo, Toco Toucan, Saki Monkeys, Cotton-top Tamarin, Alligator, River Otter, Hippopotamus, Bali Mynah, Clouded Leopard, Maasai Giraffe, and White Rhinoceros.
One can find in the Jacques-Cartier River valley the American Black Bear, Bobcat, Common Raccoon, Gray Wolf, River Otter, Porcupine, Moose, White-tailed Deer, and Caribou; in all 23 species of mammals.
Other mammals here are Mountain beaver, beavers, coyote, mink, river otter, mountain lion, porcupines, skunks, and brush rabbit.
Editions of Coleridge's works edited by James Dykes Campbell (1899) and by E. H. Coleridge (1912) determine that the "To the River Otter" is from 1793.