Blackpool Corner

Blackpool Corner is a locality in Hawkchurch, East Devon, England. Blackpool Corner is situated nearby to the locality Beech Corner, as well as near the hamlet Monkton Wyld.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church and Church of St John the Baptist, Hawkchurch.

St Andrew’s Church

Church

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Andrew's Church is a Church of England church in Monkton Wyld, Dorset, England. It was built in 1848–49 to the designs of Richard Cromwell Carpenter and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1960.

Church of St John the Baptist, Hawkchurch

Church

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Church of St John the Baptist, Hawkchurch is situated 1½ miles north of Blackpool Corner.

Coney’s Castle

Nature reserve

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Coney's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, England. The name Coney is from the Old English for rabbit, suggesting medieval use as a domestic warren, as at nearby Pilsdon Pen. Coney’s Castle is situated 2 miles east of Blackpool Corner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raymond’s Hill and Hawkchurch.

Raymond’s Hill

Village

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Raymond's Hill is a village and residential area off the A35 road in Devon, England, right on the border with the county of Dorset. It is about 2 miles southeast of Axminster in East Devon, and about 3 miles northwest of Charmouth in Dorset.

Hawkchurch

Village

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Hawkchurch is a village and civil parish in Devon, England, 3 miles north east of Axminster on the border of Devon and Dorset, and about 6 miles south of Somerset. Hawkchurch is situated 1½ miles north of Blackpool Corner.