Blackdown Hills
The Blackdown Hills, or Blackdowns, are a range of hills along the Somerset-Devon border in south-western England. The plateau is dominated by hard chert bands of Upper Greensand with some remnants of chalk, and is cut through by river valleys.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 801 feet
- Description: hill range and natural landscape region in Devon and Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Black Down Hills”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leigh Reservoir and Luxhay Reservoir.
Leigh Reservoir
Reservoir
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Leigh Reservoir, or Leigh Hill Reservoir, is a small reservoir in Somerset, England. It was built in 1893 to supply water to the town of Taunton, Somerset, which lies to the north. Water quality is good. Leigh Reservoir is situated 1½ miles northeast of Blackdown Hills.
Luxhay Reservoir
Reservoir
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Luxhay Reservoir is an artificial reservoir near Angersleigh, Somerset, England. It is now owned by Wessex Water. It was built in 1905 by the town corporation to provide drinking water for Taunton. Luxhay Reservoir is situated 2 miles northeast of Blackdown Hills.
RAF Culmhead
Monument
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Air Force Culmhead or more simply RAF Culmhead is a former Royal Air Force station, situated at Churchstanton on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clayhidon and Otterford.
Clayhidon
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayhidon is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England. The parish church is St. Andrews. The parish is in the Blackdown Hills and its northern and eastern boundaries form part of the Devon – Somerset border.
Otterford
Hamlet
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Otterford is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated on the Blackdown Hills, 7 miles south of Taunton. The village has a population of 356. The River Otter rises close to Otterford. Otterford is situated 2½ miles east of Blackdown Hills.
West Buckland
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Buckland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles south west of Taunton. The parish has a population of 1,189. West Buckland is situated 3 miles north of Blackdown Hills.
Blackdown Hills
- Categories: hill chain and landform
- Location: Churchstanton, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Blackdown Hills” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Down Hills”
- Cebuano: “Blackdown Hills”
- Chinese: “彩虹山”
- Dutch: “Black Down Hills”
- Dutch: “Blackdown Hills”
- French: “Blackdown Hills”
- German: “Blackdown Hills”
- Italian: “Blackdown Hills”
- Japanese: “ブラックダウン丘陵”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blackdown Hills”
- Polish: “Blackdown Hills”
- Swedish: “Black Down Hills”
- Swedish: “Blackdown Hills”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Garlandhayes and Burnworthy.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Buckland Hill and Wellington Hill.
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