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The mother church of Dartmouth and standing some 350ft above the main town on the narrow tract which, since ancient times, has been a right-of-way from the coast through Longcross to the River Dart crossing at Hardnesse.

In 739AD Aethelheard, king of the West Saxons, granted land for a monastery. In the early 900’s a cathedral was built, almost certainly of wood.

St Swithun is 500 years old in 2023 and sits in the centre of an ancient Saxon hill top village with some intriguing and beautiful ancient bench ends carved at the end of the 16th century.

St James is built on ‘holy ground where the saints of old worshipped untold centuries ago’.

The famous twisted spire of wooden shingles supports a fine peal of six bells.

Gazing across the River Dart from Kingswear, you can see the ancient church of St Saviour.

Sometimes referred to as the little church with the big heart.

After falling into disrepair St Mary's was rebuilt in 1879 by the Earl of Portsmouth. Its Norman roots can be found in the arch above the south porch and the small chancel window.

St Petrox church at the mouth of the river is the oldest of the three parish churches, the earliest reference being in 1192 when it is thought to have been referred to in a deed as the 'monastery of St Peter'.

A stunning, peaceful church always open.

Built in 1873 to hold 240 people by at that time 12 original members, some of their relations still members of the church today.

A medieval church with lovely stained glass windows, the churchyard has lovely views over the rolling mid Devon countryside.