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St Nicholas shares a chalk hilltop with the ruins of the castle; both were built soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Braose, a close associate of William the Conqueror.

An astonishing little church lost in time.

Designed by London architects JER and CP Cutts, the building contains work by Sir Ninian Comper, Martin Travers and Sir William Milner & Romilly Craze.

A Thomas a Becket connection.

The imposing parish church of Weare Giffard was built in the 13th century and enhanced to its present size in the 15th century. It is one of the more important examples in North Devon of the beautiful medieval churches built in this period.

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 Peter’s keys are represented in this open and welcoming church.

Selsey was an island when the Christian missionary St Wilfrid landed there in the 6th century and the monastery he founded was an important Christian centre.