Blackborough House, Ringdown SSSI

Name: Blackborough House
Address: Ringdown SSSI, United Kingdom

#24 among attractions in Ringdown SSSI

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Blackborough House is a grade II listed privately owned country house in Blackborough, Devon, three miles east of Cullompton. It was built in 1838 and is currently in undergoing restoration. ()

Completed: 1840 (184 years ago)Coordinates: 50°52'46"N, 3°17'43"W

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Ringdown SSSI United Kingdom

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Day trips

Blackborough House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Diggerland, Coldharbour Mill, Wellington Monument, Ayshford Chapel.

3.7 miW
Theme park, Amusement park
Diggerland, Cullompton
94 min walk • Diggerland is the name of theme parks inspired by diggers and JCBs. There are four theme parks in England, and a fifth in the United States. Diggerland is part of the H.E Services Group and Allsafety Limited.
2.3 miNW
Specialty museum, Science museum, Fashion museum
Coldharbour Mill, Uffculme
59 min walk • Coldharbour Mill, near the village of Uffculme in Devon, England, is one of the oldest woollen textile mills in the world, having been in continuous production since 1797. The mill was one of a number owned by Fox Brothers, and is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.
5.5 miNE
Monuments and statues, View point, Memorial
Wellington Monument, Ringdown SSSI
142 min walk • The Wellington Monument is a 175-foot-high triangular obelisk located on a point of the Blackdown Hills, 3 km south of Wellington in the English county of Somerset. It is a grade II* listed building and is the tallest three-sided obelisk in the world.
4.3 miNW
Church
Ayshford Chapel
110 min walk • Ayshford Chapel is a former private chapel in the village of Ayshford, in the parish of Burlescombe, Devon, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
7.2 miSE
Museum
Honiton Community College, Honiton
184 min walk • Honiton Community College is a comprehensive academy school located in Honiton, Devon, England. It was originally established as Honiton Secondary School in 1938, and converted to an academy in 2011.
5 miN
Monastery
Canonsleigh Abbey
127 min walk • Canonsleigh Abbey was an Augustinian priory in the parish of Burlescombe, Devon.
2.7 miE
50°52'7"N • 3°14'5"W
Mansell Raceway, Ringdown SSSI
70 min walk • Amusement, Game and entertainment center, Amusement park
3.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Hemyock Castle, Ringdown SSSI
92 min walk • Hemyock Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in the village of Hemyock, Devon, England. It was built by Sir William Asthorpe after 1380 to a quadrangular design.
4.4 miS
Archaeological site
Hembury, Ringdown SSSI
111 min walk • Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and Iron Age hill fort near Honiton in Devon. Its history stretches from the late fifth and early fourth millennia BC to the Roman invasion. The fort is situated on a south facing promontory at the end of a 240m high ridge in the Blackdown Hills.
4.5 miNW
Park
Holbrook Garden
115 min walk • Holbrook Garden is a one hectare garden outside Sampford Peverell, Tiverton, Devon, with experimental naturalistic plantings creating differing habitats.
6.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Dumpdon Hill, Ringdown SSSI
161 min walk • Dumpdon Hill is an Iron Age Hill Fort near Honiton in Devon. Somewhat overshadowed by its better known neighbour Hembury Fort it is nonetheless as impressive an earthwork. Situated above the valley of the River Otter, it is one of the largest, and most distinct hills in the area due to a large clump of beech trees situated at its summit.

Blackborough House, Ringdown SSSI

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Ringdown SSSI plan & book

Blackborough House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)