Burley Down
Burley Down is a hill in Lewtrenchard, West Devon District, England and has an elevation of 866 feet. Burley Down is situated nearby to the locality Holdstrong, as well as near the hamlet Combebow.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lydford Castle and St Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe.
Lydford Castle
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Lydford Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lydford, Devon, England. The first castle in Lydford, sometimes termed the Norman fort, was a small ringwork built in a corner of the Anglo-Saxon fortified burh in the years after the Norman conquest of England. Lydford Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Burley Down.
St Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe
Church
Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Bridget's Church in Bridestowe, Devon, is a parish church in the Church of England and one of the central buildings in the rural area on the northwestern edge of Dartmoor. St Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe is situated 2½ miles northeast of Burley Down.
Fox & Hounds Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Mike Dodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fox & Hounds Hotel is situated 2 miles east of Burley Down.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lydford and Bridestowe.
Lydford
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lydford is a village in Dartmoor, the English county of Devon. The village sits within Dartmoor National Park.
Bridestowe
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridestowe is a civil parish and village in the district of West Devon, Devon, England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Bratton Clovelly, Sourton, Bridestowe and Sourton Common, Lydford, Lewtrenchard and Thrushelton. Bridestowe is situated 2½ miles northeast of Burley Down.
Stowford
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stowford is a village and civil parish in the district of West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated to the west of Dartmoor. Stowford is about 1 mile west of the village of Lewdown and about 11 miles south-west of Okehampton in Devon and 7 miles east of Launceston in Cornwall. Stowford is situated 3½ miles west of Burley Down.
Burley Down
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 866 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Lewtrenchard, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.65907° or 50° 39′ 33″ northLongitude
-4.13852° or 4° 8′ 19″ westElevation
866 feet (264 metres)Open location code
9C2QMV56+JHGeoNames ID
12615902
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