English Heritage sites near Whitchurch Parish
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
3 miles from Whitchurch 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
5 miles from Whitchurch Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
7 miles from Whitchurch 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.
DUPATH WELL
8 miles from Whitchurch Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
ROYAL CITADEL, PLYMOUTH
12 miles from Whitchurch 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.
GRIMSPOUND
13 miles from Whitchurch 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.
No churches found in Whitchurch Parish
Pubs in Whitchurch Parish
Drake's Cafe
Grenofen, Grenofen, PL19 9ER
(01822) 617697
drakescafe.co.uk/
Eversfield Organic Dartmoor Inn
Merrivale, Merrivale, Princetown, PL20 6ST
(01822) 890340
eversfieldorganic.co.uk/index/feastandmo...