Backs Wood

Backs Wood is a forest in Tiverton, Mid Devon District, England. Backs Wood is situated nearby to the locality Burrow Corner, as well as near The Guoil.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bickleigh Castle and Devon Railway Centre.

Bickleigh Castle

Castle

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Bickleigh Castle is a fortified manor house that stands on the banks of the River Exe at Bickleigh in Devon, England. Once considerably larger, Bickleigh now comprises a group of buildings from various periods which together formed a water castle.

Devon Railway Centre

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The Devon Railway Centre is in the village of Bickleigh in Mid Devon, England, at the former Cadeleigh railway station on the closed Great Western Railway branch from Exeter to Dulverton, also known as the Exe Valley Railway.

Cranmore Castle

Archaeological site

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Cranmore Castle is an Iron Age earthwork situated on a hillside above the Devon town of Tiverton in south-west England. Its National Grid reference is SS958118.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butterleigh and Cadeleigh.

Butterleigh

Village

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Butterleigh is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England situated about three miles south east of Tiverton. The village includes a public house, village hall, award-winning blacksmith and is famous for its harvest home.

Cadeleigh

Village

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Cadeleigh is a small village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It sits in the hills above the valley of the River Exe and is about 15 km north of Exeter and 6 km southwest of Tiverton.