Buckfastleigh Town
Fore Street in winter
The historic mill town of Buckfastleigh and the neighbouring abbey village of Buckfast, can be found nestling on the southern edge of eastern Dartmoor in Devon just off the A38, midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth.
The name "Buckfast" means "stronghold" – traditionally a place where deer and buck were held, and "Leigh" would have been the pasture belonging to Buckfast – hence the meaning deer held in a pasture (buck-fast-leigh). Buckfast probably existed before Buckfastleigh as it is mentioned in the Domesday Book and in 1018 a Benedictine Abbey was founded and endorsed by King Canute at Buckfast.
Read more about the town here...
Old Phone Boxes – Creative Ideas Please!
What to do with an unused phone box? Buckfastleigh and Buckfast now have at their disposal four decommissioned phone boxes (two red, two glass) which are located at Glebelands, West End Road, in the car park next to Buckfast Village Hall and at Grange Green, Buckfast. The Town Council is looking for great ideas for community uses for these structures. The phone box on Grange Green will be home to a defibrillator for Buckfast. Three more still looking for good uses! Read more here
Falcon Bus Stop at Buckfastleigh?
Would you like to have the Falcon bus stop at Dartbridge? The Council is trying to persuade Stagecoach to put a bus stop there instead of at Marley Head.
Read here to find out who you can contact if you want to help make this happen.