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Whitchurch Down

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Whitchurch Down is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon, covering 0.04 km². It is one of 191 SSSIs in the county. It lies within Dartmoor National Park.

The closest station is Gunnislake, about 8.4 km to the south-west. Other SSSIs nearby include Merrivale and Sampford Spiney.

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

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Photo of Foggintor Quarry, a pool near Postbridge in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Highlight

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Photo of Buckland Abbey, a ruined abbey near Plymouth in the Tamar Valley, Devon, south west England.Highlight

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Cistercian abbey turned Drake's Elizabethan home.

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