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A 2* listed church full of character in the heart of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the stunning South Hams.

A tiny attractive church situated on the edge of the Pencarrow Estate halfway between Wadebridge and Bodmin with a link to Martin Luther!

The church is situated alongside a stream in the picturesque and secluded valley of Nansent in the hamlet of St Breock, about a mile west of Wadebridge town centre.

St Petroc’s church is the largest and one of the oldest parish churches in Cornwall.

The most complete example of a Decorated period church in Cornwall, St Mary’s was dedicated by Bishop Bronescombe in 1259, the church boasts the best 14th century tombs in Cornwall, Courtenays and Dawney.

The mines are gone but the church still stand proudly on the hillside and welcoming everyone who wishes to enter.

The building stands within an extensive, peaceful churchyard and forms the heart of the village of Newton Ferrers on the banks of the River Yealm in South Devon on the South Devon Coastal Path and in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The church has been dated to the 15th century, with the nave and chancel possibly of an earlier date.

Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of Devon.