Bickington

For the village near Barnstaple, Devon, see Bickington, Fremington.

Not to be confused with High Bickington or Abbots Bickington.

Bickington
Bickington Methodist church
Bickington Location within Devon
Population	311 (2001 census)
Civil parish	Bickington
District	Teignbridge
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Devon 50°32′N3°42′W / 50.533°N 3.700°W / 50.533; -3.700

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.

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.

External links

Media related to Bickington at Wikimedia Commons