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Blackdown Hill, Dorset

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The open summit of the hill lies at the northern end of a mile-long north-south ridge. The Jubilee Trail runs along the ridge line initially before dropping just below it to the west and then descending steeply down Venn Hill, a northwestern spur of Blackdown, towards the village of
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is a prominent elevation, 215 metres (705 ft) high, 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of the town of
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by Mark Jackson, compiled by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 26 Apr 2013.
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Pasture land, north of the B3164 with Blackdown Hill in the far distance.
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which rises north of the col between Blackdown and Pilsdon Pen.
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that runs past the foot of Blackdown Hill to the west.
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Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series, No. 193.
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Blackdown, Dorset
Black Down, Dorset

Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Lewesdon Hill
Listing
Tump
Coordinates
50°49′50″N 2°51′38″W / 50.83057°N 2.86057°W / 50.83057; -2.86057
Dorset
OS grid
ST395038
Topo map
OS
Crewkerne
Dorset
England
Tumps
Thorncombe
River Synderford
Pilsdon Pen
Temple Brook





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