English Heritage sites near Bow Parish

Okehampton Castle

OKEHAMPTON CASTLE

9 miles from Bow Parish

Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Grimspound

GRIMSPOUND

12 miles from Bow 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.

Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village

HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE

13 miles from Bow 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.

Lydford Castle and Saxon Town

LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN

16 miles from Bow 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.

Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement

MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT

19 miles from Bow 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

UPPER PLYM VALLEY

21 miles from Bow Parish

This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.


Churches in Bow Parish

St Bartholomew's

Bow Crediton
(01363) 877221

SUNDAY WORSHIP

First Sunday of the month  10.30 Common Worship Eucharist coffee afterwards

Second Sunday                     10.30 Family Service lay led

Third Sunday                         10.30 Morning Prayer lay led

Fourth Sunday                       10.0 Morning Prayer  lay led

 


Pubs in Bow Parish

White Hart Hotel

Bow, EX17 6EN
(01363) 881287
thewhitehartbow.co.uk/

A 16th-century coaching inn with stone flagstones and wooden panels surrounded by wood beams throughout, and a roaring log fire giving a warm welcome to visitors. It is popular with locals and the village football and pool teams. There is a...