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Weare Giffard

Weare Giffard is a small village, civil parish and former manor in the Torridge district, in north Devon, England.

Weare Giffard
Weare Giffard · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Weare Giffard is a small village, civil parish and former manor in the Torridge district, in north Devon, England. The church and manor house are situated 2 1/2 miles NW of Great Torrington in Devon. Most of the houses within the parish are situated some 1/2-mile east of the church. The church is situated on a hillside to the north and slightly above the wide and flat valley floor of the River Torridge. The Church of the Holy Trinity and the adjacent Weare Giffard Hall are designated members of the Grade I listed buildings in Devon. In 2011 the parish had a population of 345.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Weare Giffard

5 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
    Great Torrington

    Great Torrington is a market town in Devon, England. Parts of it are sited on high ground with steep drops down to the River Torridge below, with the lower-lying parts of the town prone to occasional flooding.

    3.3 km · market town in the north of Devon, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Rolle Canal

    The Rolle Canal in north Devon, England, extends from its mouth into the River Torridge at Landcross 6 miles southwards to the industrial mills and corn-mills at Town Mills, Rosemoor, Great Torrington and beyond to Healand Docks and weir on the Torridge, where survive the ruins of Lord Rolle's limekilns, upstream of today's Rosemoor Garden. Town Mills were built by Lord Rolle and were powered by a stream which flowed past his seat of Stevenstone to the east of Great Torrington and also supplied water to the canal.

    3.3 km · canal in Devon, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Palmer House

    Palmer House is a grade II* listed Georgian residence built in 1752 in the town of Great Torrington, North Devon, England. It is notable as it retains many original features, including fine ornate plaster ceilings, marble and carved fireplaces, mahogany doors and a fine balustraded staircase.

    3.1 km · Grade II* listed building in Great Torrington, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Michael and All Angels, Great Torrington

    The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Church of England parish church in Great Torrington, Devon. It has been a Grade II* listed building since 1951.

    3.2 km · historic church in Great Torrington, Devon, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Great Torrington Town Hall

    Great Torrington Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Great Torrington, Devon, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Great Torrington Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.3 km · town hall in Great Torrington, Torridge, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Weare Giffard

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 76 km · Bristol (BRS), 112 km · Birmingham (BHX), 236 km
  • Cardiff → Weare Giffard
    88 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £20–26
  • Bristol → Weare Giffard
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £15–20
  • London → Weare Giffard
    287 km · quickest by road, 5h 33m · £30–40
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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 Weare Giffard. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    41 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    205 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    448 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    517 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    551 km

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