English Heritage sites near Walkhampton Parish
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
2 miles from Walkhampton Parish
The group of monuments at Merrivale is one of the finest on Dartmoor: side by side here are the remains of a Bronze Age settlement and a complex of ritual sites.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
2 miles from Walkhampton Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
9 miles from Walkhampton Parish
Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th-century tower on a mound, built as a prison.
DUPATH WELL
11 miles from Walkhampton Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
GRIMSPOUND
11 miles from Walkhampton Parish
The best known of many Dartmoor prehistoric settlements, Grimspound dates from the late Bronze Age. The remains of 24 stone houses survive within a massive boundary wall.
ROYAL CITADEL, PLYMOUTH
12 miles from Walkhampton Parish
A dramatic 17th-century fortress built to defend the coastline from the Dutch, and keep watch on a recently rebellious town. Still in use by the military today.
Churches in Walkhampton Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Walkhampton
Yelverton
(01822) 854804
http://www.westdartmoor.church
We are a welcoming church community and will be pleased to see you if you are visiting Devon or are one of our regulars.
You may want to stay in the church. If you do please book through www.champing.co.uk during the season which runs from 31th March to 30th September.
St Mary's Sampford Spiney
Sampford Spiney
01822 854804
http://www.westdartmoor.church
If it is peace and tranquility you are looking for you will find it at St Mary's which is open during the day for prayer and reflection.
You will find a service every Sunday and you will receive a warm welcome from the congregation. If you are looking for the church follow the sound of the bells ringing out across the Walkham Valley on some Sundays.
Pubs in Walkhampton Parish
Burrator Inn
Dousland, Dousland, PL20 6NP
(01822) 600250
burratorinn.com/
Walkhampton Inn
Walkhampton, Walkhampton, PL20 6JY
(01822) 258697
walkhamptoninn.co.uk/
