Crown Hill Down

Places of Interest

Hemerdon Mine

Quarry

Photo: Southwesterner, Public domain.

Hemerdon Mine, also known as Hemerdon Ball Mine, Hemerdon Bal Mine and previously as Drakelands Mine is a tungsten and tin mine. It is located 11 km northeast of Plymouth, near Plympton, in Devon, England.

Dartmoor Zoological Park

Zoo

Photo: Smalljim, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dartmoor Zoological Society is a 33-acre zoo just north of the village of Sparkwell, on the south-west edge of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon in the South West of England.

Plymbridge Woods

Forest

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plymbridge Woods is a woodland in Plympton, Devon, England managed by The National Trust. The woods are named after the historic Plymbridge, a Grade II listed bridge over the River Plym. Plymbridge Woods is situated 2½ miles west of Crown Hill Down.

Places in the Area

Sparkwell

Village

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sparkwell is a small village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon. Historically it was part of Haytor Hundred. In 2021 the parish had a population of 1425. Sparkwell is situated 1½ miles southeast of Crown Hill Down.

Cornwood

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cornwood is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park.

Plympton

Town

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries. Plympton is situated 3 miles southwest of Crown Hill Down.

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