Bickington

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.

For the village near Barnstaple, Devon, see Bickington, Fremington.
See also High Bickington and Abbots Bickington, also in Devon.

Bickington Methodist church
Church and lychgate, Bickington

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

Media related to Bickington at Wikimedia Commons

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