Scorriton
Scorriton is a tiny village in the county of Devon, England, and the main centre of habitation of the parish of West Buckfastleigh.[1]
Description
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The village is about three miles northwest of Buckfastleigh and is situated within the boundaries of Dartmoor National Park.
The village consists largely of about a dozen stone-built cottages, but there are also 4 local authority houses, a farm in the centre of the village, and a popular inn with food and accommodation, called The Tradesman's Arms.[2] Faced with the closure of the inn in 2008, four regulars decided to buy the property and reopen it.[3] The inn is still open and thriving as of August 2024.
The Scorriton Country Show is held annually on August Bank Holiday Monday in a field on the outskirts of the village, it is now in its 75th year. There is also an annual Christmas black-tie 'Ball in the Hall' which is held at the Scorriton Village Hall.
Transportation
[edit]Bus line 672 of Country Bus Devon calls at The Tradesman's Arms twice every Thursday (except for public holidays): once at 10:11 towards Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Seale, and Newton Abbot, and once at 14:15 towards Holne, Poundsgate, Ponsworthy, Widecombe, and Buckland-in-the-Moor.[4]
Twinning
[edit]The village is twinned with the commune of Fontaine-Henry, Calvados, France.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ BBC. "West Buckfastleigh Parish". Domesday Reloaded. Retrieved 30 - 11 - 2015.
- ^ BBC. "Housing in W. Buckfastleigh". Domesday Reloaded. Retrieved 30 - 11 - 2015.
- ^ BBC. "Drinking pals buy closed-down pub". 18 November 2008. Retrieved 30 - 11 - 1995.
- ^ Country Bus Devon. "672: Buckland-in-the-Moor — Newton Abbot via Widecombe" Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 - 11 - 2015.
- ^ BBC. "W. Buckfastleigh Recreation". Domesday Reloaded. Retrieved 30 - 11 - 2015.
External links
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Media related to Scorriton at Wikimedia Commons
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