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Bere Alston
Village in Devon, England

Bere Alston

Bere Alston is a historic village on the Bere Peninsula in West Devon, England, situated between the rivers Tamar and Tavy within the Tamar Valley National Landscape.

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Historically associated with silver and lead mining, the village later developed through market gardening and railway transport, and was formerly a parliamentary borough returning two Members of Parliament until the Reform Act 1832. The village forms part of the civil parish of Bere Ferrers and had a population of 2,259 at the 2021 Census.

How locals move

Getting around Bere Alston the local way

  • Get inIf you are coming in by car but don't want to face the parking problems of the city-centre, there are also three main Park & Ride sites serving the city: (east near Plympton), (north) and (city centre) {{go | name | url | address | long | phone | hours | wikidata 2023-12-31 | content=Brittany Ferries operates services to Plymouth from Santander (22 hours) and Roscoff (6 hours during the day, 8 hours during the night).
  • Get inThe Ferry Terminal is to the west of the City Centre at the Millbay Docks, about (800 m) a mile walk from the Hoe and Central shopping precinct.
  • Get aroundOne of the most 'local' ways to get around is by water taxi or boat.
  • Get aroundThe two most popular services amongst locals are probably the Barbican-Mountbatten line and the Cremyll Ferry from Admiral's Hard to Mount Edgecumbe.
  • Get aroundThese can be relatively busy during the evenings and at rush hour; the Cremyll Ferry in particular can be quite full of school children at around 4pm during term time.
  • Go nextYou can take the Cremyll ferry back to Plymouth (get a timetable from the Tourist Information Office, but they're fairly frequent for the 10-minute trip).
  • Go nextCanoe tours Tamar Trails are a beautiful way to explore the magical winding Tamar Valley and depart from nearby Callington where you can also visit National Trust Property Cotehele, the ancient seat of the Edgcumb family.

From Wikivoyage: Plymouth (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Юрий Д.К (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.