Whympston, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Name: Whympston
Address: South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, United Kingdom

#12 among attractions in South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Whympston, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Whympston, in the parish of Modbury in Devon, England, is a historic manor. In the 12th century it became the earliest English seat of the prominent Norman family of Fortescue, influential in British and West Country history, which survives today as Earl Fortescue, seated at Ebrington in Gloucestershire, but until recently seated at Castle Hill and Weare Giffard in Devon. ()

Coordinates: 50°20'15"N, 3°52'40"W

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Whympston – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dartmoor Zoological Park, Kitley Show Cave, Flete House, Blackdown Rings.

7.2 miNW
Zoo
Dartmoor Zoological Park, Plymouth
185 min walk • Dartmoor Zoological Park is a 30-acre zoo just north of the village of Sparkwell, on the south-west edge of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon in the South West of England.
5.6 miW
Nature, Cave
Kitley Show Cave, Yealmpton
143 min walk • Kitley Show Cave is a solution cave in Yealmpton, Devon, England. Originally discovered by quarrying, it used to be open to the public as a show cave, but is now closed.
2.4 miW
Park
Flete House, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
61 min walk • Flete House is a Grade I listed country house at Holbeton, in the South Hams region of Devon, England.
3.6 miE
Forts and castles, View point
Blackdown Rings
92 min walk • The Blackdown Rings are the earthworks of an Iron Age hill fort near the hamlet of Hazelwood in Devon, England. The fort is situated on a hilltop approximately 185 metres above sea level, in a commanding position above the River Avon.
5.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Butterdon Hill, Dartmoor National Park
134 min walk • Butterdon Hill is on Dartmoor, in southwest England. The remains of a small stone circle and a stone row can be found on the summit. The name Butterdon is believed to derive an Old English word for "pasture".
2.6 miSE
Area
South Efford Marsh, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
66 min walk • South Efford Marsh is a nature reserve of the Devon Wildlife Trust. It is situated by the River Avon, about 0.5 miles south-west of the village of Aveton Gifford, in Devon, England.
5.6 miSE
50°17'14"N • 3°46'41"W
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum, Kingsbridge
143 min walk • Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
3.7 miE
Forest
Fosse Copse, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
96 min walk • Fosse Copse is a woodland in Devon, England, near the village of Loddiswell. It covers a total area of 1.88 hectares on the west facing slope of the Avon Valley. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust. There is no public access.
4.7 miS
Hotel, Beach
Thurlestone
119 min walk • Thurlestone is a village 5 miles west of Kingsbridge in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. There is an electoral ward in the same name. The population at the 2011 census was 1,886.
5.8 miS
Village
Frogmore
148 min walk • Frogmore is a village in the civil parish of Frogmore and Sherford in the South Hams district of the county of Devon, England. The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words frogga and mere meaning pool frequented by frogs.
4.1 miS
Island
Burgh Island
105 min walk • Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village of Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel.