Hembury Woods

Hembury Woods is a forest in Ashburton, Teignbridge District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Hembury Woods is situated nearby to the locality Staddicombe, as well as near Gallant Le Bower.

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Forest
Address: Buckfastleigh

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buckfast Abbey and Holne Chase Castle.

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.

Holne Chase Castle

Archaeological site

Holne Chase Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated close to Buckland-in-the-Moor in Devon, England. The fort is situated on a promontory on the northern slopes of Holne Chase in Chase Wood at approx 150 metres above sea level overlooking the River Dart.

Pridhamsleigh Cavern

Cave

Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pridhamsleigh Cavern is a cave on the outskirts of Ashburton, Devon, England. It is approximately 1.1 kilometres in length with a total depth of just over 50 metres including Prid II.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buckfastleigh and Buckland-in-the-Moor.

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.

Buckland-in-the-Moor

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Buckland in the Moor is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 94.

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.

Hembury Woods

Location: Ashburton, Teignbridge District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.5111° or 50° 30′ 40″ north

Longitude

-3.7906° or 3° 47′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C2RG665+CQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 434998034

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Staddicombe and Gallant Le Bower.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Adventure Playground and River Dart Country Park.

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