Welcome To Alwington Parish

Occupying a stunning part of the beautiful North Devon Heritage coast, the Parish of Alwington covers an area stretching from Peppercombe to Babbacombe and Cockington, towards Greencliffe on the Abbotsham Parish border, then moving inland from Bideford Bay, it includes such quaintly named spots as Knotty Corner as well as the villages or hamlets of Fairy Cross, Ford, Alwington and Woodtown, before moving on down to the boundary at Yeo Vale. which means "the town within or below the wood".

The distinctive bus shelters in Fairy CrossAlwington Village Hall in Fairy Cross

Sadly today there are no shops, post offices or pubs within the Parish boundaries, but there are such facilities within a mile or two - Horns Cross has two pubs, the Coach & Horses and Hoops Inn, both with B&B accommodation, and there are a number of self catering holiday cottages - there is no Post Office within the Parish, the nearest being at Bucks Cross, on the A39 heading towards Bude, which also offers grocery items and newspapers.

Alwington Village Hall was constructed in 1933, it is ideal for various events, including skittles, dancing classes, concerts, quiz evenings, horticultural shows and the like.

Latest News

Village Hall

HEARTY BREAKFAST: Please keep your tickets from 21st March 2020 which we will honour when we are able to hold the event. If you would prefer a refund please contact Alison

"Alwington News" has recently been circulated to all households in the parish. The latest newsletter is available here

Parish Council

The next Council meeting will take place in the Old School Room at 1930 on Thursday 30 September.

The agenda for this metting is available here.

The Parish Council has a vacancy for a Councillor. Any interested parties please email the Parish Clerk at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Superfast Broadband is coming...

Airband is at the planning stage to provide a cost effective Superfast Broadband service to our parish using fibre (optic cable) to the premise (FTTP) using funding from DCMS via Connecting Devon and Somerset.

The rollout will utilise existing infrastructure (BT/Openreach/Western Power) and we can expect fibre being added to these poles this Autumn, Connections will be available from mid January 2022.

Please click here for futher information about the packages and how to register interest.

The connection fee includes a survey to establish how best to connect each property. Airband will also will help subscribers mid contract to change from their existing provider if required.

A39/B3236

Buckleigh Road

Junction remodelling

I am writing to give you advance notice of Devon County Council's proposed scheme to carry out the remodelling of the A39/B3236 junction at Buckley Road Bideford. The proposed scheme will require two road closures.

The first closure will be the B3236 from the A39 to the Abbotsham Road Junction and will remain in place from 6th September to 10th December 2021. The diversion route will be signed via Abbotsham Road to Abbotsham Cross roundabout and the A39 and vice versa. Click map to expand

The second closure will be the A39 from Heywood roundabout to Abbotsham Cross roundabout and will remain in place from 22nd November to 10th December 2021 between the hours of 7pm to 7am daily. The diversion route will be A39 to Stratton, A3072 to Holsworthy, A388 to Stibbs Cross and A388 to Bideford and vice versa. Click map to expand

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me at the address below or alternatively via the email address -

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Yours sincerely,

Ian Sweetland,

Senior Technician,

Engineering Design Group (North) Taw View,

North Walk,

Barnstaple,

EX31 1EE

01271 388122

Devon and Cornwall alert

The Devon and Cornwall alert system helps the police obtain information on happenings in the local area whilst also keeping people informed and aware. The system is designed so that people can recieve the infromation they would like, and subscribers do not recieve alerts on every incident. The main goal is to help reduce crime and also help to give the police more information regarding crime.

Click here to register or for more information.