Blanchdown Wood

Blanchdown Wood is a coniferous forest in Calstock, Cornwall, England. Blanchdown Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Latchley, as well as near Chilsworthy.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gunnislake railway station and Hingston Down.

Gunnislake railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gunnislake railway station serves the village of Gunnislake in Cornwall, England. There are also connecting buses from here to the town of Tavistock. However the station is located in or nearer to the villages of Drakewalls and Albaston.

Hingston Down

Quarry

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hingston Down is a hill not far from Gunnislake in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the subject of an old rhyme, due to the prolific tin mining that formerly took place in the area: Hingston Down well ywroughtIs worth London Town dearly bought.

St Paul’s Church

Church

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul's Church is a Church of England Church in Gulworthy, Devon and is one of the central buildings in the disparate parish, together with the neighbouring school. It is a Grade II listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tavistock and Gunnislake.

Tavistock

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tavistock is a town in Devon on the edge of Dartmoor. It was the birthplace of Sir Francis Drake. The name comes from the River Tavy, which runs through the town.

Gunnislake

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gunnislake is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mary Ellen Smith, was born here in 1863.

Calstock

Village

Photo: Bjh21, Public domain.

Calstock is a civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated on the River Tamar 6 miles south west of Tavistock and 10 miles north of Plymouth.

Blanchdown Wood

Type: Coniferous forest
Category: forest
Location: Calstock, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.5396° or 50° 32′ 23″ north

Longitude

-4.2288° or 4° 13′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C2QGQQC+RF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 366190600

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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