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Welcome to Aveton Gifford’s Community Website

Your link to our community

The parish of Aveton Gifford lies in the South Hams area of South Devon, with the population spread between the village and outlying hamlets and farms. The village is situated about 3 miles inland from the coast at the head of the tidal Avon estuary, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (South Devon AONB).

Parish Noticeboard

There are always ongoing projects in the parish, and sometimes larger items of news which remain of current interest for longer than our latest news postings listed on the right hand side panel of this page. To read about these in more detail please follow the links here;

IN AN EMERGENCY – DEFIBRILLATORS

We now have two defibrillators in the village registered with the ambulance service, and ready to use in the event of an emergency.

One is on the wall of The Fisherman’s Rest (to the right of the door from the parking area into the downstairs bar), and the second is on the wall of the village hall, to the left of the entrance. This second defibrillator is also equipped with special smaller pads suitable for children. Both are in cabinets that are unlocked, and do not need a code .

Grants for school leavers.

There are grants available of £150 for all school leavers, living in the parish of Aveton Gifford, who are going on to higher education after the age of 18. This can be university, a college course, or an apprenticeship.

If you would like to apply, please email Rev Matt Rowland or write to him at the vicarage giving a few details about yourself and what training you will be doing.

matt.rowland@modburyteam.org

Rev. Matthew J Rowland

The Vicarage

Church Lane

Modbury

 PL21 0QN

Parish Clerk

Amy Clayton is our new parish clerk. She was formally appointed at the May parish council meeting, so please direct all enquiries to her by email agpcclerk@gmail.com or by phone 07796 266559

Grants for school leavers.

There are grants available of £150 for all school leavers, living in the parish of Aveton Gifford, who are going on to higher education after the age of 18. This can be university, a college course, or an apprenticeship. If you would like to apply, please email Rev Matt Rowland or write to him at the vicarage giving a few details about yourself and what training you will be doing.

matt.rowland@modburyteam.org

Rev. Matthew J Rowland

The Vicarage

Church Lane

Modbury

 PL21 0QN

Vacancies on the parish council

At the local elections in May three of our parish councillors stood down. We’d like to thank Josie Kirby, Dom Webb and James Reina for all their hard work, and particularly for representing younger age groups in the parish, they’ll be badly missed.

There are now three vacancies, and the parish council can co-opt councillors to fill them. Anybody can be a councillor as long as they are on the electoral register for this parish, and have lived, worked or rented/tenanted land or other premises in the parish (not just the village) for the past 12 months, or lived within 3 miles of the parish. You don’t need any special skills, the more varied the range of interests, abilities and ages of our councillors the better. Some people are very practical or enjoy problem solving, others are happier with accounts or reports or have business experience, and at the moment we badly need more people with any of these now that there are only 6 of us left. The most important thing is to care about the community, and be willing to take an active role.

There are monthly meetings (2 hours max) but councillors don’t have to attend every single one, some absences are unavoidable and you are allowed time off!  If you think you might like to join us please get in touch with any of our remaining councillors (Sarah Harcus, David Davis Berry, Peter Smith, Pete Wade, Rosie Warrillow or Ros Brousson) to see what’s involved, or our clerk Amy Clayton to register your interest – agpcclerk@gmail.com

Events in 2023



The Classic Car Show will take place again this year on August 27th, Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend, on the playing field.

The community swimming pool in 2023 will open May for both school and community membership, once water temperatures have risen enough for use. It will be closed at the end of the season in early September. Please see our swimming pool page for updated information.



The new climbing tower opened on Friday 7th August 2020
A new slide has been added to the play area to replace the one removed for the SWW drainage work. Thanks very much indeed to SWW and contractors R & M who both donated the funds for it, and also included the construction of the mound in their works schedule.

Playpark fundraising

The AG Playpark committee is continuing to raise funds The new play area is being developed in several stages to replace the old equipment which had deteriorated too much to be economically repaired; the £1000’s needed to keep it in a safe condition to pass annual safety and insurance inspections for the next few years is better spent on installing the new climbing tower. This is made of a specially treated wood, so that it will look in keeping with the surrounding area, but has a guarantee of 20 years, comparable with most other outdoor play equipment.
After the C-19 restrictions it became very hard to fundraise so the Playpark Committee has gone virtual instead and has set up a Just Giving page, please donate if you can and encourage all those that use the park to do the same. Maybe you have family and friends who would be willing to put a donation towards it, or perhaps you are a visitor to our area, but like what you see, and would also help us to achieve our goal? All donations will be gratefully received, thank you all very much for supporting us:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/agplaypark

The committee have also set up a AG Playpark Facebook group which will keep you up to date with the progress of our play park – like to follow: https://www.facebook.com/AGplaypark/

Our Aveton Gifford Neighbourhood Plan

This was adopted and became our own confirmed set of planning policies following the referendum vote on May 6th 2021.

You can download our Plan on the Neighbourhood Plan page.

Some Facts & Figures

Population

Population

833

Residential Households

366

Holiday Homes

24

Travel distances

Kingsbridge

4

miles

Modbury

4

mies

Totnes

15

miles

Plymouth

18

miles

Exeter

38

miles

Useful info

Amenities

There is a public toilet to the side of the village hall, open 24 hours a day.
There is a recently renovated public phone box in Fore Street which still works!
A textile recycling bank is in the inner car park by Timbers roundabout.
Bottles and papers can be recycled in banks at the entrance to Wakehams Lane
There are free car parks by Timbers roundabout,  in the hall car park for the hall and shop, and down Jubilee Street to the car park by the play parks.
The Stagecoach route no 3 bus runs through the village – more info on transport page.

Council

The Member of Parliament is Sir Gary Streeter (Con, South West Devon constituency)
The Devon County Council representative is Cllr Rufus Gilbert  (Con. Salcombe division)
The South Hams District Council representative  is Cllr Lee Bonham (Lib Dem, for Loddiswell and Aveton Gifford ward)
The Aveton Gifford parish council has a complement of 9 councillors and a parish clerk.

Further Afield

Aveton Gifford Primary School is in the catchment of Kingsbridge Community College.
The village is served by Health Centres in Kingsbridge and Modbury.
The nearest library is in Kingsbridge, and a mobile library visits once a month.
The nearest cinema – Kings Cinema (part of the Merlin Cinemas group)– is also in Kingsbridge.
The nearest golf courses are at Bigbury and Thurlestone.
The nearest Tourist Information Centres for b&bs, accommodation and holiday information are at Kingsbridge and Modbury
The local newspaper is the Kingsbridge Gazette, and the regional paper is the Western Morning News. Kingsbridge and Salcombe Gazette can be accessed online at www.kingsbridge-today.co.uk
The nearest mainline stations are Totnes & Plymouth – more info on transport page
Kingsbridge Food Bank, based at Age Concern in Kingsbridge, also covers Aveton Gifford. (Donations can be taken to the village shop.)

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