Wallaford Down

Wallaford Down is a peak in Dean Prior, South Hams District, England. Wallaford Down is situated nearby to the locality Cross Furzes, as well as near the hamlet Bowden.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hembury Castle and Buckfast Abbey.

Hembury Castle

Castle

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hembury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort about a mile north-west of the village of Buckfast on the south-eastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. The fort is about 178 metres above sea level on a promontory between the River Dart on the east and the Holy Brook, south-west.

Buckfast Abbey

Church

Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018.

St Luke’s Church

Church

Photo: Adrian Platt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buckfastleigh and Ashburton.

Buckfastleigh

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Teignbridge district, in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park.

Ashburton

Photo: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashburton is a town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England, adjacent to the A38. The town is 20 miles northeast of Plymouth and 17 miles southwest of Exeter.

Poundsgate

Village

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Poundsgate is a small village in Dartmoor, Devon, England, located on the road between Ashburton and Princetown. The postal area of "Poundsgate" is a wide geographical area.

Wallaford Down

Type: Peak
Category: landform
Location: Dean Prior, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.4784° or 50° 28′ 42″ north

Longitude

-3.8256° or 3° 49′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C2RF5HF+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 329390078

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cross Furzes and Bowden.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grippers Hill and Enclosure.

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