Ridding Down

Ridding Down is a locality in Shaugh Prior, South Hams District, England. Ridding Down is situated nearby to the locality Crownhill Down, as well as near the village Lee Moor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dartmoor Zoological Park and Penn Beacon.

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. Dartmoor Zoological Park is situated 2 miles south of Ridding Down.

Penn Beacon

Peak

Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penn Beacon is a peak.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cornwood and Sparkwell.

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.

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 2 miles south of Ridding Down.

Plympton St Maurice

Suburb

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 St Maurice is situated 4 miles southwest of Ridding Down.

Ridding Down

Type: Locality
Location: Shaugh Prior, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.43403° or 50° 26′ 3″ north

Longitude

-3.99821° or 3° 59′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C2RC2M2+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2203358059

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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