Wheal Emily

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Wheal Emily is one of 191 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon. It is the smallest of them. It lies inside South Devon National Landscape.

Other SSSIs nearby include Yealm Estuary, Wembury Point and Blackstone Point. Plymouth Station is about 8.4 km away to the north-west.

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