English Heritage sites near Sandford Parish
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
16 miles from Sandford Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
GRIMSPOUND
16 miles from Sandford 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
16 miles from Sandford 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
23 miles from Sandford 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.
BLACKBURY CAMP
24 miles from Sandford Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
25 miles from Sandford 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.
Churches in Sandford Parish
New Buildings: Beacon Church
Beacon Cross, New Buildings
Sandford
Exeter
(01363) 779363
In 1981 the old school was renamed Beacon church as it lies adjacent to beacon field, one of chain of high points where signal beacons were lit.
St Swithun's Church, Sandford
Church Street
Sandford
Crediton
Exeter
(01363) 779363
https://www.sandfordparish.org.uk
Built on the site of a earlier Saxon chapel, the present building has some architecture dating back to the eleventh century, when it was dedicated to Swithun, 9th century bishop of Winchester. It is thought the building was enlarged in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. The West Gallery was added in 1657 to accommodate children from the parish poorhouse..
Pubs in Sandford Parish
Lamb Inn
The Square, Sandford, EX17 4LW
(01363) 773676
lambinnsandford.co.uk
Rose & Crown
A large, welcoming, early 20th century, brick and timber -framed building on the site of two predecessors which were lost to fires. The cosy interior consists of a central bar with drinking areas on 2 sides and a restaurant area behind. The...