Black Down
Black Down is a nature reserve in Broadhembury, East Devon, England. Black Down is situated nearby to the locality Windwhistle Cross, as well as near Orway Cross.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackborough House and Church of St Andrew, Broadhembury.
Blackborough House
Manor estate
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackborough House is a grade II listed privately owned country house in Blackborough, Devon, three miles east of Cullompton. It was built in 1838 and as of 2023 is undergoing restoration.
Dunkeswell Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dunkeswell Aerodrome is an airfield in East Devon, England. It is located next to the village of Dunkeswell near the eastern edge of the Blackdown Hills, approximately 5 miles north of the town of Honiton and 16 mi northeast of Exeter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunkeswell and Blackborough.
Dunkeswell
Village
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located about 5 miles north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,553, reducing to 1,361 at the 2011 Census.
Blackborough
Village
Photo: Maigheach-gheal, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackborough is a hamlet and former manor in the parish of Kentisbeare, Devon, England. It is situated within the Mid Devon district. The nearest substantial town is Cullompton, approximately 4.7 miles to the south-west.
Awliscombe
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Awliscombe is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village is about two miles west of Honiton. The 2011 census showed a population of 500 for the parish, which is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Dunkeswell, Combe Raleigh, Honiton, Gittisham, Buckerell, Payhembury and Broadhembury.
Black Down
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Broadhembury, East Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8526° or 50° 51′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.2843° or 3° 17′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C2RVP38+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 1282742874OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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