English Heritage sites near Bickleigh Parish
ROYAL CITADEL, PLYMOUTH
4 miles from Bickleigh 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.
DUPATH WELL
7 miles from Bickleigh Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
9 miles from Bickleigh Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
11 miles from Bickleigh 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.
TRETHEVY QUOIT
13 miles from Bickleigh Parish
This well-preserved and impressive Neolithic 'dolmen' burial chamber stands 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) high. There are five standing stones, surmounted by a huge capstone.
HURLERS STONE CIRCLES
14 miles from Bickleigh Parish
Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.
Churches in Bickleigh Parish
S. Mary the Virgin, Bickleigh
Bickleigh
Plymouth
07976802123
http://www.bsp.church/
Here, a warm welcome awaits you if you join us and share in God's Holy Sacraments and the Good News that he promises to each and every one of us.
Come and join us in worship and in fellowship and see what the love of Christ can do for you. Be fed at his Holy Table and enriched by his Holy Word, and discover the difference that the living faith can make to you. Whether you are nine, twenty-nine or ninety-nine, our varied Churches welcome you and can find a sacred space for you to encounter God.
Our life is lived through the sacramental worship of God; through the Eucharist celebrated during the week and on Sundays, through the daily work of worship in the Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer and through encounters with God in alternative and meditative worship. Whatever your preference, we can offer a worship experience for you.
Come and Join us! Here are all the Church of England Churches in our Parish:
S. Anne's Glenholt, Glenholt Road : Sunday 9.30am and Thursdays at 9.30am
S. Edward, King & Martyr, Shaugh Prior : Sunday 9.30am
S. Cecilia's Woolwell, Bickleigh Down CE Primary School, School Drive, Woolwell : Sunday 11am with Sunday School
S. Mary the Virgin, Bickleigh : Sunday 11:15am with Sunday School and Wednesdays at 9.30am
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SAFEGUARDING
We take the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults very seriously in both this parish and the Diocese of Exeter.
If you have a concern about the safety of someone or the actions of someone working with children or vulnerable adults, please speak to someone: You can contact our Churchwarden/Safeguarding Officer on 07714 327412 or contact the Diocese of Exeter Safeguarding Team HERE
If you are a young person and you feel unhappy about something happening to you, you can call Childline on 0800 11 11.
Pubs in Bickleigh Parish
Dartmoor Diner
, Roborough Down, Bickleigh, PL6 7BQ
(01752) 695410
dartmoordiner.co.uk/
Lopes Arms
27-29 Tavistock Road, Roborough, Plymouth, PL6 7BD
(01752) 301411
lopesarms.co.uk/