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Don't forget Widecombe Fair on September 14th 2010.
Check out our Google Map of Widecombe Village Centre
Don't forget the Country Curate's Diary, Corynne Cooper's witty commentary on 21st century life! Click here to read the Diary for January.
Please Visit the History Group Publications Page to consider buying their publications, including their book 'History of Widecombe Fair'. This book is also available from local shops.
Try out our Discussion Group. For instance, you can discuss the Giant Chair at Natsworthy (now removed), Widecombe Fair or any other local topic you want to.

This site was last updated on 4th September 2010

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The Widecombe-in-the-Moor website promotes all aspects of Widecombe and Dartmoor life, past, present and future, for the use of local people, visitors, and all who are interested. Please enjoy exploring the site.

	View of Widecombe Church, taken on a sunny day last summer kindly sent in by Peter and Doreen Thompson. You can click on the picture for a larger view.
See more pictures in Picture of the Month.

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The next market is on Saturday

There is a wealth of information on this site covering almost all aspects of Widecombe life. Search can be used to look for items that may be of specific interest to you. Try it out.

For the current weather please click here (and then come back!!): Weather

Widecombe-in-the-Moor lies in the Widecombe Valley in beautiful Dartmoor in Devon, England. Click on the picture for a larger view.

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If you are thinking of staying in Widecombe on holiday, our Where To Stay section continues to grow. Please click here for the best places to stay in and around Widecombe.

This website provides topical news of what is happening within the Community for the use of us all. If you have anything you would like mentioned, please email us by clicking on: torwalker@widecombe-in-the-moor.com

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Don't forget our books and links page. A link has just been added to the Devon County Council Monthly Community News Round-up site. This will be updated monthly to the current month's newsletter. Take a look!

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We are now publishing Corynne Cooper's A Country Curate's Diary. Please click here for her Diary for January 2008.

'Picture of the Month'. Please send us your pictures with a seasonal and Widecombe theme. We will pick the best and publish them here with any comments you might like to add.	We have started a page of old photos. A postcard from Beatrice Chase has been added, courtesy of Patrick Wildgust. Take a look!
The History Group minutes June 2010 meeting,, July 2010 meeting,and August 2010 meeting are now available.The History Group AGM for 2010 can be found here. Click here for Mary Hyland's talk on Dare you Climb Your family Tree?, Andy Crabb's talk on The Archaeology above Widecombe and Roger Claxton's talk on the Widecombe Tithe Map.	Anthony (Tony) Beard writes a diary with a very much local slant on the Radio Devon website. Take a look at the latest and then browse to turn some more diary pages.
Widecombe Parish Council: 2010 Minutes Index, the July 2010 Minutes and September 2010 Minutes are now available	We are adding some local maps to enable you to take a virtual trip around the parish and see the sights. The first one is ready. Please have a look.
We sadly no longer publish extracts from the Parish Link that relate to Widecombe and Leusdon due to non-availability of material. We will let you know if this situation changes. The Parish Link is an invaluable local publication that enables all local people to stay in touch. It is available free to over 750 homes each month. The following old copies can still be accessed here: Click here for the March 2006 extracts. Click here for the April 2006 extracts.	Nature Notes Our Nature Notes page records local items of interest concerning wildlife, flora etc etc. Please send us any tit-bits of your own to include on the page. Have a look at : fritillary or click on the picture on the right for a larger image.

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