Fir Wood
Fir Wood is a deciduous forest in Brompton Regis, West Somerset District, England. Fir Wood is situated nearby to the locality Dyehouse Corner, as well as near the hamlet Bury.Places of Interest
Highlights include Haddon Hill and Pixton Park.
Haddon Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haddon Hill is a prominent east–west aligned ridge in west Somerset, England, close to Hartford within the civil parish of Brompton Regis. It lies on the south-eastern fringe of Exmoor National Park though is separated from the Exmoor massif itself by the…
Pixton Park
Manor estate
Pixton Park is a country house in the parish of Dulverton, Somerset, England. It is associated with at least three historically significant families, successively by descent: Acland, amongst the largest landowners in the West Country; Herbert, politicians and diplomats; and Waugh, writers.
Bury Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bury Castle near Brompton Regis in the English county of Somerset was an Iron Age univallate hillfort which was reused with the creation of a motte after the Norman Conquest. It has been designated as a scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dulverton and Brushford.
Dulverton
Town
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Exmoor National Park is situated in the south west of the United Kingdom. It spreads across the north coast of Devon and west Somerset and was one of Britain's first national parks.
Brushford
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brushford is a village and civil parish 2 miles south of Dulverton and 12 miles north of Tiverton in Devon, in Somerset, England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 535 in 243 households, reducing to 519 at the 2011 Census.
Skilgate
Village
Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skilgate is a village and civil parish 5 miles east of Dulverton and 8 miles west of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England. It has a population of 96. The parish, which covers an area of 866 ha, straddles the boundary of the Exmoor National Park lying on the southern edge of the Brendon Hills, and is close to the border with Devon.
Fir Wood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Brompton Regis, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0355° or 51° 2′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.4982° or 3° 29′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3R2GP2+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 59610825OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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