Brown Willy, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

Name: Brown Willy
Address: Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

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Brown Willy, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

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Brown Willy is a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The summit, at 1,378 feet above sea level, is the highest point of Bodmin Moor and of Cornwall as a whole. It is about 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Bolventor and 4 miles southeast of Camelford. The hill has a variable appearance that depends on the vantage point from which it is seen. It bears the conical appearance of a sugarloaf from the north but widens into a long multi-peaked crest from closer range. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 1378 ftProminence: 1030 ftCoordinates: 50°35'26"N, 4°36'10"W

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Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor United Kingdom

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Brown Willy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jamaica Inn, Camel Trail, Rough Tor, St Nonna's Church.

2.5 miSE
Pub, Museum, Maritime museum
Jamaica Inn, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
65 min walk • The Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in the UK, which was built as a coaching inn in 1750, and has a historical association with smuggling. Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet of Bolventor, it was originally used as a staging post for changing horses.
5.5 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Camel Trail
139 min walk • The Camel Trail is a permissive cycleway in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, that provides a recreational route for walkers, runners, cyclists and horse riders.
0.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Rough Tor, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
24 min walk • Rough Tor, or Roughtor, is a tor on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The site is composed of the tor summit and logan stone, a neolithic tor enclosure, a large number of Bronze Age hut circles, and some contemporary monuments.
4.1 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
St Nonna's Church, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
104 min walk • St Nonna's Church, also known as the Cathedral of the Moors, is the second largest church on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, located in the village of Altarnun. The dedication is to Saint Non or Nonna, who was the mother of St David.
4 miNW
Church
St Thomas of Canterbury's Church, Camelford
102 min walk • St Thomas of Canterbury's Church, Camelford is a church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Camelford, Cornwall. It is a chapel-of-ease in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Camelford.
2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Bodmin Moor, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
51 min walk • Bodmin Moor is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England. It is 208 square kilometres in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history.
1 miNW
Archaeological site
Showery Tor, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
26 min walk • Showery Tor is a rocky outcrop on a ridge-top approximately 0.6 kilometres north of the Rough Tor summit, near Camelford on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. It is notable for its rock formations and prehistoric monuments. The Tor is a prominent landmark for a wide area.
2.3 miSW
Prehistoric site
King Arthur's Hall, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
59 min walk • King Arthur's Hall is a megalithic enclosure on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England. It is thought to be a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age ceremonial site.
2.9 miN
Museum
RAF Davidstow Moor
75 min walk • Royal Air Force Davidstow or more commonly RAF Davidstow Moor is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.9 miles north east of Camelford, Cornwall and 11.5 miles west of Launceston, Cornwall, England.
2.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hawk's Tor, Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor
76 min walk • Hawk's Tor is a hill and tor on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, UK. Its summit is 307 metres above sea level. The tor, which is in the civil parish of Blisland, is located 7 miles north east of the town of Bodmin.
5.5 miSW
Bridge, Trail
Wenfordbridge
140 min walk • Wenfordbridge, or Wenford Bridge, is a hamlet some 6 miles north of Bodmin and on the western flank of Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall, England, UK. It takes its name from an old granite bridge over the River Camel, and lies on the border between the parishes of St Breward and St Tudy.