English Heritage sites near Ashburton Parish
HOUND TOR DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
5 miles from Ashburton 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
7 miles from Ashburton 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.
TOTNES CASTLE
7 miles from Ashburton 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
8 miles from Ashburton Parish
Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin.
KIRKHAM HOUSE, PAIGNTON
10 miles from Ashburton Parish
This late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages was restored in the 1960s.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
11 miles from Ashburton Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
Churches in Ashburton Parish
St Andrew's Church, Ashburton
Ashburton
Newton Abbot
(01364) 716309
https://ashburtonandmoor.org.uk/welcome
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Pubs in Ashburton Parish
Ashburton Conservative Club
St Lawrence Lane, Ashburton, TQ13 7DD
(01364) 652229
ashburtonconclub.wixsite.com/ashburton-c...
Bay Horse Inn
64 North Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7QG
(01364) 653912
admiraltaverns.co.uk/pubs/bayhorseinn/
Dartmoor Lodge Hotel
Peartree Cross, Ashburton, TQ13 7JW
(01364) 652232
dartmoorlodge.co.uk
Hound of the Baskervilles
5 East Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7AD
(01364) 652700
thehoundofthebaskervillesroyaloak.co.uk
Old Exeter Inn
26 West Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7DU
(01364) 652013
oldexeterinn.com