Bickington is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

Teignbridge Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Newton Abbot. The district also includes the towns of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish, Kingsteignton and Teignmouth, along with numerous vi ...

district of

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

, England, on the east edge of the

Dartmoor Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers . The granite that forms the uplands dates from the Carb ...

National Park. At the 2001 census it had a population of 311. The village is about five miles west of

Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge, Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its population was 24,029 in 2011, and was estimated at 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in ...

, on the River Lemon. The church is 15th century; its

lychgate A lychgate (from Old English ''līc'', corpse) or resurrection gate is a covered gateway found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. Examples also exist outside the British Isles in places such as Newfoundland, the ...

has a room over it.

Amenities

* Church of St Mary the Virgin (Church of England – Grade I listed) * Village Hall * Public House (Dartmoor Half Way Inn) * Camp site * Common land (Ramshorn Down) * Farm shop (Granny Pat's) * Picnic area

In media

The village appeared on the BBC's '' Countryfile'' programme in November 2017, where its apparent decline was the subject of the feature. Local media expanded on the

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feature. A book about Bickington, ''The Book of Bickington'', was published in 2000.

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