Chudleigh Knighton Heath is a Devon Wildlife Trust reserve. It is a heathland mosaic of gorse, heather and grassland. This was once the landscape which stretched for miles across what is known locally as the Bovey Basin. Today, the nature reserve is a reminder of what has been lost and also acts as a vital heathland home to some special wildlife.
In May 2016 Devon Wildlife Trust and Hennock Parish Council opened an ‘Ant Trail’. This leads visitors on a circular route through the reserve and back to the nearby village of Chudleigh Knighton.
The trail is named after the reserve’s most famous local resident: the narrow-headed ant. Chudleigh Knighton is the only place in England in which the ant is still found.
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