Hartridge Hill, Ringdown SSSI

#28 among attractions in Ringdown SSSI

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Hartridge Hill is an elongated, peat hill situated in the Luppitt catchment area of East Devon, England. Mostly privately owned and primarily used for farming this is, with a peak rising 261 metres asl, one of the highest spots in the Otter Valley. At its highest and most southerly point there is a tumulus or burial mound. ()

Coordinates: 50°50'47"N, 3°10'1"W

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Ringdown SSSI United Kingdom

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Day trips

Hartridge Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Honiton Community College, Mansell Raceway, Hemyock Castle, Hembury.

3.3 miS
Museum
Honiton Community College, Honiton
85 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.
3.3 miNW
50°52'7"N • 3°14'5"W
Mansell Raceway, Ringdown SSSI
85 min walk • Amusement, Game and entertainment center, Amusement park
5.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Hemyock Castle, Ringdown SSSI
137 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.
4.5 miSW
Archaeological site
Hembury, Ringdown SSSI
115 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.
1.1 miS
Forts and castles
Dumpdon Hill, Ringdown SSSI
28 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.
2.6 miW
Church, Museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Wolford Chapel, Ringdown SSSI
68 min walk • Wolford Chapel in Devon, England, is the burial place of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. It is the territory of the Canadian province of Ontario, and flies the Flag of Canada despite being in the English countryside.
6.1 miSE
Historical place, Church
Loughwood Meeting House, Axminster
157 min walk • Loughwood Meeting House is a historic Baptist chapel, 1 mile south of the village of Dalwood, Devon in England. There was a meeting house on this site in 1653, although the current building may date from the late 17th century or early 18th century.
6.9 miSE
Architecture
Shute Barton, Axminster
177 min walk • Old Shute House, located at Shute, near Colyton, Axminster, Devon, is the remnant of a mediaeval manor house with Tudor additions, today in the ownership of the National Trust. It was given a Grade I listing on 14 December 1955.
5.9 miNE
Church
Church of St Leonard, Ringdown SSSI
151 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Leonard in Otterford, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
5.5 miN
Church
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Ringdown SSSI
140 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Peter & St Paul in Churchstanton, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Restoration work was carried out in 1719 and in 1830 a west gallery was added. The rood screen was added in 1910.
5.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Robin Hood's Butts, Ringdown SSSI
143 min walk • Robin Hood's Butts are a group of nine Bronze Age barrows near Otterford on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, England. They have been scheduled as ancient monuments.