Northdown Wood
Northdown Wood is a forest in Bickleigh, Mid Devon District, England. Northdown Wood is situated nearby to the village Bickleigh, as well as near the locality Higher Burn.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bickleigh Castle and Cadbury Castle (Devon).
Bickleigh Castle
Castle
Photo: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Archaeological site
Photo: Trotboy, Public domain.
Cadbury Castle is an Iron Age Hillfort close to Bickleigh, Devon, England. It was later encamped by the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War under Thomas Fairfax when he laid siege to Bickleigh Castle.
Devon Railway Centre
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cadeleigh and Butterleigh.
Cadeleigh
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Butterleigh
Village
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Up Exe
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rewe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It lies on the river Culm, 5 miles north of the city of Exeter and 9 miles south of the town of Tiverton.
Northdown Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Bickleigh, Mid Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.8443° or 50° 50′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.5239° or 3° 31′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C2RRFVG+PCOpenStreetMap ID
way 44422661OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bickleigh and Higher Burn.
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