Dobwalls
| Dobwalls | |
| Cornish: Fos an Mogh | |
 Dobwalls and district from the 1940s Ordnance Survey Popular Edition One Inch to the Mile map. |
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  Dobwalls |
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| Population | 3,662 (2001 UK census) |
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| OS grid reference | SX215650 |
| Civil parish | Dobwalls and Trewidland |
| Shire county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LISKEARD |
| Postcode district | PL14 |
| Dialling code | 01579 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | South East Cornwall |
Coordinates: 50°27′28″N 4°30′57″W / 50.4577°N 4.5158°W
Dobwalls (Cornish: Fos an Mogh) is a village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated 3 mi (5 km) west of Liskeard.[1]
The name is spelt Dubwalls on Bartholomew's map and Black's Guide of 1879.
The A38 trunk road ran through the village until the bypass was opened on 19 December 2008.[2][3] The bypass has two of the most elaborate bat bridges built so far in the UK (previous examples in Wales being wooden posts with cables).[4] Twelve native species of bats are found in the area.[5]
Until 2006, the Dobwalls Adventure Park tourist attraction was located north of the village.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ↑ "Bottleneck bypassed 40 years on". BBC News website. BBC. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ↑ Highways Agency website. Retrieved April 2010
- ↑ "New Bat bridge for bypass : Marishal Thompson Group - Tree Subsidence, Arboriculture, Ecology and Landscape Architecture throughout the UK". Marishalthompson.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
- ↑ "House of Lords Written Answers 10 November 2009: Bats". United Kingdom Parliament. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
Bat Bridge on the A38 Dobwalls Bypass, Cornwall, UK. (2009)
External links
Media related to Dobwalls at Wikimedia Commons
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