Bere Ferrers

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Bere Ferrers
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Bere Ferrers leading down to the River Tavy
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Bere Ferrers
Location within Devon
Population2,989 (2011)
OS grid reference SX4563
Civil parish
  • Bere Ferrers
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town YELVERTON
Postcode district PL20
Dialling code 01822
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Ambulance South Western
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50°27′04″N4°10′37″W / 50.451°N 4.177°W / 50.451; -4.177

Bere Ferrers, sometimes called Beerferris, is a village and civil parish on the Bere peninsula in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is located to the north of Plymouth, on the west bank of the River Tavy. It has a railway station on the Tamar Valley Line.

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The civil parish includes the whole of the Bere peninsula, including the village of Bere Alston and the smaller settlements of Tuckermarsh, Rumleigh, Buttspill, Braunder, Cotts, Hewton, Weir Quay, Clamoak, Gnatham and Collytown. In 2001 the parish had a population of 3,066; [1] this had decreased to 2,989 in 2011. [2]

Parish church

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : West Devon Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 January 2010
  2. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 16 February 2015.