English Heritage sites near Branscombe Parish
BLACKBURY CAMP
2 miles from Branscombe Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL
24 miles from Branscombe Parish
Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
24 miles from Branscombe Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
24 miles from Branscombe Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
25 miles from Branscombe Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
KIRKHAM HOUSE, PAIGNTON
26 miles from Branscombe Parish
This late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages was restored in the 1960s.
Churches in Branscombe Parish
St Winifred's Branscombe
Branscombe
Exeter
(01297) 552307
http://www.holyford.org
We are friendly village church in a beautiful seaside parish, with a service every Sunday. We have regular events and special services, including Songs of Praise on the beach.
Our church is one of the finest village churches in Devon with many interesting features.
We are part of Holyford Mission Community, a group of five parishes and six churches.
Please see our website for all details. http://holyford.org/
Pubs in Branscombe Parish
Bulstone Hotel
Higher Bulstone, Branscombe, EX12 3BL
(01297) 680446
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Fountain Head Inn
Set in a beautiful coastal valley, this walker friendly old pub is at the west end of one of England's longest villages approximately a mile and a quarter from Branscombe beach. Ancient features such as the inglenook fireplace, wood panelli...
Masons Arms
Large, elegant pub with rooms, inland from the beach in the lower part of the village. Heavily food-orientated, with an impressive menu. There are as many tables outside as inside.