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The church stands on open lawns in the centre of the village facing the famous Castle.

A Norman church built on the site replacing a Saxon church and retaining some of the Saxon features.

This beautiful church 'on the hill' has been here since 1717, surrounded by a large graveyard that has an abundance of wild flowers in the late spring AND early summer and glow worms.

There is evidence of a church on this site in Saxon times, consecrated on the 29th September 998, of which nothing now remains.

It is not known when there was first a church here but the present building indicates that a substantial church was built on this site in the late part of the 13th century.

St Winifred’s is one of the finest village churches in Devon with many interesting features, in particular its interesting location, as rather than atop a hillside where it would be visible, St Winifred's is set on a terrace that cannot be seen from the sea.

The church on the hill, All Saints stands in the center of the village atop a hill.