Bere Ferrers Explained

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Static Image Caption:Bere Ferrers leading down to the River Tavy
Coordinates:50.451°N -4.177°W
Country:England
Official Name:Bere Ferrers
Population:2,989
Population Ref:(2011)
Civil Parish:Bere Ferrers
Shire District:West Devon
Shire County:Devon
Region:South West England
Os Grid Reference:SX4563
Dial Code:01822
Post Town:YELVERTON
Postcode District:PL20
Postcode Area:PL
Constituency Westminster:Torridge and West Devon

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.

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

See main article: St Andrew's Church, Bere Ferrers.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790366 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : West Devon
  2. Web site: Parish population 2011. 16 February 2015.