Tower Wood Quarry

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Tower Wood Quarry is one of 191 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon. It is the smallest of them. For more of the same, Haldon Forest and Buller's Hill Quarry are close by. The nearest railway station is Marsh Barton, about 6.9 km to the north-east.

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