Drake’s Wood

Drake’s Wood is a coniferous forest in Chittlehamholt, North Devon, England. Drake’s Wood is situated nearby to the locality Drake’s Cross, as well as near the village Chittlehamholt.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John and St Peter’s Church.

St Peter's Church in Satterleigh, Devon, England was built in the 15th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Portsmouth Arms railway station

Railway stop

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portsmouth Arms railway station is a small wayside station in Devon. It is in the parish of Burrington but remote from any village so is named after the nearby 'Portsmouth Arms' pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Satterleigh and Umberleigh.

Satterleigh

Hamlet

Photo: Pete Ayley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Satterleigh and Warkleigh is a civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England. In the 2011 census it was recorded as having a population of 170.

Umberleigh

Village

Photo: Lobsterthermidor, Public domain.

Umberleigh is a former large manor within the historic hundred of Tawton, but today a small village in North Devon in England. It used to be an ecclesiastical parish, but following the building of the church at Atherington it became a part of that parish.

Drake’s Wood

Type: Coniferous forest
Category: forest
Location: Chittlehamholt, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.9747° or 50° 58′ 29″ north

Longitude

-3.9333° or 3° 55′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C2RX3F8+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 985365483

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Drake’s Cross and Chittlehamholt.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shortridge Wood and Oldridge Wood.

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