Atherington

Atherington is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England, about 8 miles south of Barnstaple. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 391.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapelton railway station and Umberleigh Railway Station.

Chapelton railway station

Railway station

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Chapelton railway station serves the hamlet of Chapelton, part of the civil parish of Tawstock in the English county of Devon. It is a rural station on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 35 miles 52 chains from Exeter Central at milepost 207 from London Waterloo.

Umberleigh Railway Station

Railway stop

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Umberleigh railway station serves the village of Umberleigh in Devon, England. It is on the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, 33 miles 22 chains from Exeter Central at milepost 205.75 from London Waterloo.

Church of the Good Shepherd

Church

Photo: Fiona Avis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Umberleigh and Harracott.

Umberleigh

Village

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Umberleigh is a former large manor within the historic hundred of Tawton, but today a small village in North Devon in England. It used to be an ecclesiastical parish, but following the building of the church at Atherington it became a part of that parish.