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Littlehempston

Littlehempston is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England consisting of 83 households, with a population of 207 in the parish.

Littlehempston
Littlehempston · Andrew Bone from Weymouth, England
The place

Littlehempston is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England consisting of 83 households, with a population of 207 in the parish. It has also been called Little Hempston and Hempston Arundel.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Littlehempston

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Berry Pomeroy Castle

    Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle, is near the village of Berry Pomeroy, in South Devon, England. It was built in the late 15th century by the Pomeroy family which had held the land since the 11th century.

    2.7 km · Grade I listed English country house in South Hams, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Totnes Castle

    Totnes Castle is one of the best preserved examples of a Norman motte and bailey castle in England. It is situated in the town of Totnes on the River Dart in Devon.

    2.5 km · Grade I listed castle in Totnes, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Schumacher College

    Inspired by "Small Is Beautiful", Schumacher College has, for over 35 years, pioneered a life-centred approach to learning, exploring how education can respond to ecological and social challenges while fostering meaning, connection and vitality. Founded in 1991 by environmentalist and educator Satish Kumar, the College takes its name from economist and philosopher E. F. Schumacher.

    2.6 km · college in Devon, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    South Devon Railway

    The South Devon Railway is a 6.64-mile heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon. Mostly running alongside the River Dart, it was initially known as the Dart Valley Railway.

    3.2 km · heritage railway in the United Kingdon · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary's Church of Berry Pomeroy is an Anglican parish church in Berry Pomeroy, with a full length, forty-two foot wide, rood screen which has been described as one of the most perfect in Devon. It is listed on the Heritage at Risk Register.

    2.4 km · church in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Totnes Museum

    Totnes Museum is a local museum in the town of Totnes, south Devon, in southwest England. The museum is housed in a Grade I listed Elizabethan merchant's house that was built c.1575 for the Kelland family.

    2.5 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Totnes, South Hams, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St John's Church

    St John's Church, Bridgetown is a Church of England place of worship built in 1832 by Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset for the tenants of his estate in Bridgetown, Devon. The original church was gutted by fire on 9 July 1976 owing to arson.

    2.5 km · church in Bridgetown, Totnes, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Totnes Guildhall

    Totnes Guildhall is a 16th-century Tudor historic guildhall, magistrate's court, and prison, in the town of Totnes, south Devon, in southwest England. It is a Grade I listed building.

    2.4 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in South Hams, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Littlehempston

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 108 km · Bristol (BRS), 123 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 229 km
Stations
Totnes railway station, 2.1 km · Totnes (Littlehempston) railway station, 1.6 km · Nappers Halt railway station, 2.3 km · Staverton railway station, 3.1 km
  • Cardiff → Littlehempston
    119 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £19–25
  • Bristol → Littlehempston
    134 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £14–19
  • London → Littlehempston
    274 km · quickest by road, 5h 8m · £28–38
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Littlehempston

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Littlehempston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inSee #Get around Brittany Ferries carry vehicles and foot passengers to Plymouth from Roscoff, Saint-Malo (both France), or Santander (Spain).
  • Get inPoole in Dorset is by road from Exeter, and receives Brittany Ferries from Cherbourg (France) and Condor Ferries from Saint Helier (Jersey).
  • Get inThe other English Channel ferry ports are within a few hours' drive of Devon.

From Wikivoyage: English Riviera and South Devon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    107 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    169 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    511 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    578 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    613 km

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