Chudleigh Knighton is a small village in

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, England, near to

Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the Sou ...

and

Bovey Tracey Bovey Tracey () is a small town and civil parish in Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor, its proximity to which gives rise to the "slogan" used on the town's boundary signs, "The Gateway to the Moor". It is often known locally as "Bovey". It ...

Amenities

Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School has around 167 pupils, aged 5 to 11. The school has six classrooms on two floors. There is a

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, a hairdressers, and a public house, ''The Claycutter's Arms''. A second public house, ''The Anchor'', burned down in March 2015. A fair is held in early July.

Transport

Chudleigh Knighton is served by bus services from Newton Abbot and

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

. The village used to have a railway station, Chudleigh Knighton Halt, on the Teign Valley Line. The station opened on 9 June 1924 and closed on 9 June 1958.

Chudleigh Knighton Heath

The nearby

Chudleigh Knighton Heath Chudleigh Knighton Heath, near Chudleigh Knighton, Devon is a List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon, Site of Special Scientific Interest, so designated because of its rare lowland heath vegetation. It is a habitat for many rare spe ...

, a

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, is a habitat for many rare species including the ant, ''

Formica exsecta ''Formica exsecta'' (the narrow-headed ant or excised wood ant) is a species of ant found from Western Europe to Asia. A rare formicine ant with a deeply excised head, ''F. exsecta'' forms small mounds up to around a foot in height consisting ...

''."A colony of a rare species of ant has been returned to its home in Devon six years after it was rescued by Paignton Zoo"
''

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'', 25 February 2004.

"Quarry company extends lease of heathland nature reserve"
''

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'', 29 November 2005. The Heath was once the village's main football pitch and was the venue for many sports days for the primary school. The Heath became so run down it was almost impossible to navigate, so the school opened its own private sports field opposite the village play park.

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