English Heritage sites near Buckfastleigh Parish
TOTNES CASTLE
5 miles from Buckfastleigh Parish
A classic Norman motte and bailey castle, founded soon after the Conquest to overawe the Saxon town. A later stone shell-keep crowns its steep mound, giving views across the town to the River Dart.
BERRY POMEROY CASTLE
7 miles from Buckfastleigh Parish
Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin.
HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
8 miles from Buckfastleigh Parish
The remains of four 13th century stone farmsteads, on land originally farmed in the Bronze Age. This isolated Dartmoor hamlet was probably abandoned in the early 15th century.
GRIMSPOUND
10 miles from Buckfastleigh 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.
KIRKHAM HOUSE, PAIGNTON
10 miles from Buckfastleigh Parish
This late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages was restored in the 1960s.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
10 miles from Buckfastleigh Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
Churches in Buckfastleigh Parish
St Luke, Buckfastleigh
Plymouth Road
Buckfastleigh
07903 400480
http://www.stlukeschurchbuckfastleigh.org.uk
We are the parish church for Buckfastleigh and the surrounding area, and aim to provide a warm welcome to all, whether local or visitors. Our Mission Vision is to be a seven-day-a-week church which brings the love of Jesus to the community around us and which helps all to grow in the Christian faith.
The original parish church, Holy Trinity, was on the hill to the north of the town, but was reduced to a shell by fire in 1992. (For pictures of Holy Trinity Church please see the photo gallery). The graveyard is still used for burials, but the decision was made to redevelop the existing chapel-of-ease, St Luke's, in Buckfastleigh itself. So a new church building was opened in 2002. This new St Luke's provides a striking modern worship area, with attached lounge, side chapel, office, toilets, etc, and with a large hall below the worship area, although sadly we are experiencing major water ingress problems that raise questions about the future of the building.
Our Sunday service at 10.45am mainly uses Morning Prayer or Holy Communion drawn from Common Worship.
We seek to serve our area, and to offer pastoral care for those who are lonely, or in times of illness, or for funerals. A foodbank also runs in the church on Fridays from 10am to 3pm (please use the hall door at the rear of the church) or operating by telephone access - CONTACT 07730575312 FOR HELP.
Although there is very limited parking at the church itself, the town car parks are only a very short distance away.
The parish is part of the Dart and Avon Mission Community, which also includes:
St George the Martyr, Dean Prior
St Matthew, Landscove
St John the Baptist, Littlehempston
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Rattery
St Petroc's, South Brent
St Paul de Leon, Staverton
The team rector for the whole mission community is Tom Benson - please see the "get in touch" page for details. He is assisted by a ministry team consisting of team vicar Gina Radford (based at the South Brent and Rattery end of the mission community), curate Laura McAdam, retired ordained ministers George Day and John Summers, and three readers: David Harwood, Jenny Holton and Pam Saunders.
For further information please see the church website www.stlukeschurchbuckfastleigh.org.uk and the mission community website www.dartandavonmissioncommunity.org.uk
Pubs in Buckfastleigh Parish
Abbey Inn
In a beautiful setting next to the River Dart within Dartmoor National Park, close to the famous Buckfast Abbey. It has an outside terrace with seating and views overlooking the river, including glimpses of the abbey. Inside, the warm and w...
Globe Inn
123 Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DA
(01364) 642223
globeinnbuckfastleigh.co.uk/
Kings Arms
Recently reopened as a freehouse after refurbishment following purchase from Admiral Taverns. There is a small public bar at the front of the pub, with a larger lounge at the rear. It has comfortable seating and a beer garden at rear.
Sun Inn
Sun Inn, Buckfastleigh
White Hart
Comfortable and friendly single bar pub in the centre of the town, that has timber beamed ceilings adorned with horse brasses, exposed stone walls around two open fireplaces with wood-burners, and maps, comic and ship prints on the walls....