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Built on high ground outside the current village centre with views south across the Rother valley, and north and west across the Weald, with the unusual five sweep Sandhurst windmill on the horizon.

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

An historic, riverside church with one of the oldest stained glass windows in Devon.

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.

The ancient settlement of Halwell is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hagewile, a name derived from the ‘Holy Well’ which is still to be found in the churchyard. It is possible the well was in use in Celtic times.

Standing magnificently in the centre of the village, St Peter's is a very ancient site of worship and has many historic connections and interesting features.

The church probably dates back to the 12th century and the two especially interesting architectural features are the tower and south porch.

Gorgeous church with an Anglo-Saxon name beside an ancient Holy Well and huge Celtic Cross attest to over a millennia of worship.

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'.

All Saints Moreleigh is a small church, described by visitors as having a quiet peaceful, prayerful atmosphere.