Tawstock Parish Council
Community information for the parish of Tawstock
In Brief
Our next Parish Council meeting will be on 20th April 2021 at 7:00 pm in Virtual Meeting
Community Information
Welcome to the website for Tawstock, a peaceful village located within the parish of the same name beside the picturesque Taw valley in North Devon, England.
The village lies near the centre of Tawstock Parish which encompasses outlying rural villages and the newer urban areas of Sticklepath and parts of Roundswell on the edge of the ancient borough town of Barnstaple. While the population of the village is relatively small, the census of 2011 recorded 2105 residents of the parish as a whole.
Tawstock is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Barnstaple, Bishop's Tawton, Atherington, Yarnscombe, Horwood, Lovacott, Newton Tracey and Fremington.
Farming was once the mainstay of the parish which is still occupied by large expanses of fields and woodland. Today, though, its residents find employment across a wide range of sectors with agriculture accounting for just 4% of these occupations.
Title images: Tawstock Court (left) and St Peter's Church, kindly supplied by Amanda Muddimer.
Bulletins from North Devon Council
Tawstock residents might be interested to read these bulletins whch have been produded by North Devon Council. The latest, added on 25th March 2021, encourages residents and visitors to ‘find a bin or take it home’ in new litter campaign.
- Clean Devon: "Devon is beautiful, let's keep it that way"
- Time to spring-clean your lifestyle?
- Financial support during the pandemic
- Coronavirus Health Advice
- Find Your Carbon Footprint
From Martyn Isaac. Last update 25th March 2021
News
Regeneration of open space off Elizabeth Drive
To create a thriving habitat for birds and wildlife including our hedgehogs & insects in our trees and hedgerows, we have put this plan in place:
Step 1. To cut back all dying, dead, & diseased plants within the park.
Step 2. We are re-planting 360 hedge plants over the banking areas and planting 30 new established trees.
Step 3. To create 2 wildlife & insect areas.
This plan of action will be evolving over the following months.