English Heritage sites near Yealmpton Parish
ROYAL CITADEL, PLYMOUTH
6 miles from Yealmpton 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.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
10 miles from Yealmpton Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
14 miles from Yealmpton 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.
TOTNES CASTLE
15 miles from Yealmpton 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.
DUPATH WELL
17 miles from Yealmpton Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
BERRY POMEROY CASTLE
17 miles from Yealmpton Parish
Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin.
Churches in Yealmpton Parish
St Bartholomew's Church
Church Lane
Yealmpton
Plymouth
Devon
01752 880257
http://www.yemc.org
Our friendly PCC and congregation will give you a warm welcome in our amazing William Butterfield church, rebuilt in 1849-52 AD under the patronage of the Bastard family of Kitley Estate. Butterfield's decor gives an ancient but beautiful air to the interior with many Butterfield motifs repeated in later churches and chapels such as All Saints, Margaret Street, London and St Mary's Church, Beech Hill, Berkshire. Our acoustics are much admired and musicians far and wide travel here to play music old and new. Local choirs also enjoy rehearsals and performing here, raising hundreds of pounds for various charities.
Sir John Betjeman (Poet Laureate from 1972) remarked that St Bartholomew's was 'the most amazing church' in south Devon.
Like many rural congregations we are struggling to maintain a viable Christian presence in our locality, but are showing early signs of renewal and growth.
Our worship is Eucharist centred according to Common Worship with a fortnightly 1662 BCP.
We also host a monthly after school Messy Church on a third Wednesday during term time.
Pubs in Yealmpton Parish
Rose & Crown
Market Street, Yealmpton, PL8 2EB
(01752) 880223
theroseandcrown.co.uk/
Volunteer Inn
Market Street, Yealmpton, PL8 2JN
(01752) 881195
thevolunteeryealmpton.co.uk/