Burley Down

Burley Down is a forest in Lewtrenchard, West Devon District, England. Burley Down is situated near the locality Hedge Cross, as well as near the hamlet Beechcombe.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lydford Castle and St Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe.

Lydford Castle

Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 1.0.

Lydford Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lydford, Devon, England. The first castle in Lydford, sometimes termed the Norman fort, was a small ringwork built in a corner of the Anglo-Saxon fortified burh in the years after the Norman conquest of England.

St Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe

Church

Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Bridget's Church in Bridestowe, Devon, is a parish church in the Church of England and one of the central buildings in the rural area on the northwestern edge of Dartmoor.

Fox & Hounds Hotel

Hotel

Photo: Mike Dodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lydford and Bridestowe.

Lydford

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lydford is a village in Dartmoor, the English county of Devon. The village sits within Dartmoor National Park.

Bridestowe

Village

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bridestowe is a civil parish and village in the district of West Devon, Devon, England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Bratton Clovelly, Sourton, Bridestowe and Sourton Common, Lydford, Lewtrenchard and Thrushelton.