POI category: Highlights
13/02/2023
Melanesian Chapel (Ottery St Mary)
Go to the side chapel on the South East end of the church – St Stephen’s Chapel. There you will see a frontal inspired by the connection with Patteson and ...
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Model Melanesian canoe
The model of a traditional Melanesian canoe (brought back from the Solomon Islands). Often in their worship today, the bible is brought into the church on such a canoe (scaled ...
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Bust of Bishop Patteson
This rather stern bust of Patteson use to live in Lambeth Palace, but now has come back to his home church to cast its gaze on pilgrims and visitors and ...
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Patteson’s Cross
Patteson’s murder on Nukapu with two of his colleagues was thought to be a revenge attack, after five young men from the island were kidnapped by ‘Blackbirders’, slavers recruiting ...
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Lydford Gorge (National Trust)
This steep-sided river gorge, carved into the western edge of Dartmoor, has been drawing visitors in search of the picturesque waterfall since Victorian times. Around every corner the River Lyd ...
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Shobrooke Park
The site has mid-19th-century garden features of some 6.5 hectares, set within a park and woodland of 73 hectares, now largely returned to grazing and agriculture. The gardens have occasional open ...
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Stoke Woods
Located to the north of Exeter, Stoke Woods is a great place to have a break from city life and get in touch with nature. Stretch your legs on our ...
Read more14/07/2022
Haldon Grange Gardens
Just before reaching the Haldon Hotel there is the peaceful, well established 12 acre garden dating back to 1770s which is open at certain times of the year as part of ...
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