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For the place in Canada, see Dunsford, Ontario.
Coordinates: 50°41′24″N 3°40′55″W / 50.690°N 3.682°W
Dunsford 
Dunsford
Dunsford shown within DevonPopulation 688 [1] OS grid reference SX813892 District Teignbridge Shire county Devon Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district EX6 Police Devon and Cornwall Fire Devon and Somerset Ambulance South Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament Central Devon List of places: UK • England • Devon Dunsford is a village in Devon, England, just inside the Dartmoor National Park.
The village has a number of traditional thatched cottages; a primary school which has a swimming pool, climbing wall and sports field; one village shop and post office; a tea room and a public house. St. Mary's Church, built around 1430[citation needed] is located in the village centre. Dunsford also has a great cricket team, their cricket club hut is know to by some, as 'The Club House'.
Dunsford holds a village show at the beginning of July every year and the Dunsford Amateur Dramatic Society (DADS) produces a pantomime in the Village Hall in early January. The villagers also hold an annual fancy dress pancake race[citation needed] in the streets.
Great Fulford House lies near Dunsford; a Domesday manor which has been the home of the Fulford family since at least 1190. The present house was mainly built in the early 16th century and is a semi-fortified mansion house built round a central courtyard.[1]
The River Teign as it passes through Dunsford Nature Reserve
Nearby is Dunsford nature reserve which is managed by Devon Wildlife Trust and consists of 57 hectares of river valley woodland, heath-covered rocky slopes and fertile flood-plain scrub and grassland. It is especially known for its wild daffodils and six species of fritillary butterfly.
The hamlet of Butts is about one mile west of Dunsford.
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