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Bovey Valley Woodlands

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Bovey Valley Woodlands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon of 2.6 km². It is one of 191 SSSIs in the county. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within Dartmoor National Park.

The closest station is Newton Abbot, about 12 km to the south-east. Other SSSIs nearby include Haytor Rocks and Quarries, East Dartmoor and Blackslade Mire.

More places to visit near Bovey Valley Woodlands

Photo of Dartmoor, a National Park in Devon, south west England.Iconic

Dartmoor

You’re inside itNational Park near Postbridge

Granite tors, wild ponies and England's largest expanse of open moorland in the south.

Photo of Bowerman's Nose, a rock formation near Lustleigh in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Bowerman's Nose

Rock formation near Lustleigh

A weathered granite stack on Hayne Down shaped like a man's profile, the subject of a Dartmoor witch legend.

3 km W

Photo of Hound Tor Medieval Village, a landmark near Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Hound Tor Medieval Village

Landmark near Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Stone footings of a 13th-century Dartmoor hamlet of longhouses and barns below Hound Tor, probably deserted in the 14th century.

3.3 km SW

Photo of Hound Tor, a rock formation near Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Iconic

Hound Tor

Rock formation near Widecombe-in-the-Moor

A rugged crown of granite stacks beside the ruins of a deserted medieval village on eastern Dartmoor.

3.4 km SW

Photo of Haytor, a rock formation near Bovey Tracey in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Iconic

Haytor

Rock formation near Bovey Tracey

Dartmoor's most famous granite tor, an easy climb to sweeping views over the moor and the South Devon coast.

3.9 km S

Photo of Widecombe-in-the-Moor, a village in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Iconic

Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Village

Green-hearted Dartmoor village under bare tors, its granite church tower earning it the name Cathedral of the Moor.

6.8 km SW · Devon