English Heritage sites near Horrabridge Parish
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
4 miles from Horrabridge 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
4 miles from Horrabridge Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
DUPATH WELL
9 miles from Horrabridge Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
9 miles from Horrabridge 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.
ROYAL CITADEL, PLYMOUTH
10 miles from Horrabridge 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 Horrabridge 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.
Churches in Horrabridge Parish
St John the Baptist, Horrabridge
Pubs in Horrabridge Parish
Leaping Salmon Inn
Whitchurch Road, Horrabridge, PL20 7TP
(01822) 851541
theleapingsalmon.co.uk/pub/
London Inn
23 Station Road, Horrabridge, PL20 7ST
(01752) 853567
londoninnhorrabridge.com