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Furley Chalk Pit

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Furley Chalk Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon, covering 0.03 km². It is one of 191 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Blackdown Hills National Landscape.

For more of the same, Lambert's Castle and Hense Moor are close by. The nearest railway station is Axminster, about 6.3 km to the south.

More places to visit near Furley Chalk Pit

Photo of the Blackdown Hills, a National Landscape in south west England.

Blackdown Hills

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Broadhembury

Quiet farmland, wooded combes and little lanes on the Devon–Somerset border — a gentle, unhurried corner

Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorset National Landscape

National Landscape near Dorchester

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

5.1 km E

Photo of East Devon, a National Landscape in Devon, south west England.Highlight

East Devon

National Landscape near Branscombe

Red Triassic cliffs, pebble heaths and the western start of the Jurassic Coast, with easy coast-path walking

5.4 km S

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

7.8 km SE · spans 14 counties

Photo of Forde Abbey and Gardens, a ruined abbey near Axminster, Dorset, south west England.

Forde Abbey and Gardens

Abbey near Axminster

A Cistercian monastery turned house, with thirty acres of gardens and monks' ponds.

8.4 km E

Photo along the Wessex Ridgeway, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Marlborough to Lyme Regis, south west England.

Wessex Ridgeway

Long-distance path

The prehistoric chalk line continued — from Marlborough across Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase to the sea at Lyme Regis.

10.4 km E · Wiltshire, Dorset & Devon