Bickington

Village and civil parish in Devon, England

Human settlement in England

List of places: UK; England; Devon

50°32′N 3°42′W / 50.533°N 3.700°W / 50.533; -3.700

Bickington is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England, on the east edge of the Dartmoor National Park. At the 2001 census it had a population of 311. The village is about five miles west of Newton Abbot, on the River Lemon. The church is 15th century; its lychgate has a room over it.

Amenities

Church of St Mary the Virgin (Church of England – Grade I listed)
Village Hall
Public House (Dartmoor Half Way Inn)
Camp site
Common land (Ramshorn Down)
Farm shop (Granny Pat's)
Picnic area

In media

The village appeared on the BBC's Countryfile programme in November 2017, where its apparent decline was the subject of the feature. Local media^[1] expanded on the BBC feature.

A book about Bickington, The Book of Bickington, was published in 2000.^[2]

References

^ Sheaves, Becky (18 November 2017). "Devon Live article - Devon village a shadow of its form self". Retrieved 14 December 2018.
^ Hands, Stuart (2000). The book of Bickington. Halsgrove. ISBN 1-84114-055-4.