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Woodbury Common, Devon

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Woodbury Common in East Devon, England is an area of common land that is predominantly heathland adjacent to the village of Woodbury. It is bordered to the south by the edge of the towns of Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton, the hamlet of Yettington to the east, and the A3052 to the north. It is part of the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Within the common is Woodbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort situated on a viewpoint overlooking westwards the villages of Woodbury and Woodbury Salterton and across the Exe estuary to the Haldon Hills, and overlooking eastwards the Otter Valley, part of the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The heathland has wide swathes of gorse and heather (bell, cross-leaved and ling varieties) and is a popular spot for orienteering, hill-walking, mountain biking and flying radio-controlled aircraft. It has a wide variety of wildlife, in particular the Nightjar, which migrates from Africa each year. The common contains a training ground for the Royal Marines, part of the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines based at nearby Lympstone in the parish of Woodbury. To the north end of Woodbury Common is the Woodbury Park Hotel, Golf and Country Club complex established by former Formula One driver Nigel Mansell.

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East Devon Radio (Exmouth UK) is a community radio station, based in Exmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. The station was launched on 11 September 2006 as Bay FM Radio with a month-long trial FM broadcast, followed by a continuing series of annual trial FM broadcasts in the Exmouth area, coinciding with the Exmouth festival. On 12 June 2010, Bay FM began a regular weekend online service. This was increased to cover all weekday evenings. The station’s online reach is worldwide. For the week 10–18 September 2011, the station's online coverage was extended with full daytime and evening shows. The extended coverage coincided with the Tour of Britain, the fifth stage of which finished in Exmouth on Thursday 15 September. In April 2012, Bay FM were given the news by OFCOM that their application for a full-time community FM licence had been successful. The station was launched full-time at mid-day on 29 March 2013 on 106.4 MHz FM. The coverage of the station now included a wider area. including Budleigh Salterton, Otterton, Woodbury, Exminster, Kenton, Dawlish and Lympstone. The station also reaches areas of Pennsylvania, Stoke Hill, Pinhoe, Sowton, Middlemoor, Digby and Countess Wear in Exeter on 94.6 FM as well as parts of Sidmouth and the Sid Valley on 95.0 FM. During this time, on 4 June 2018 the station was rebranded as ExmouthAiR. On April 6, 2021, the station re-branded for a third time, this time as East Devon Radio, with several of the presenters being let go, and relaunched with a new breakfast show hosted by a paid presenter, Ben Clark, known for his presenting work across other local stations.