Welcome to South Brent

"South Devon's Best Kept Secret" 

South Brent is a unique village tucked away under the South West lea of Dartmoor.  

It offers a wide range of opportunities to explore Dartmoor and the South Hams with many local amenities including a tourist information base.    

The village boasts a wide range of shops including a supermarket, chemist, delicatessen, a pub, cafes, antique shops, butcher, fish and chips, florist, computer and IT, hairdressers, DIY and Garden Centre, small goods store, art and crafts, a charity shop, and a community centre (which also hosts Post Office services and a mobile Lloyds Bank).

For more details click on the ‘Local Information’ button. 

Why travel miles to larger towns when you can satisfy all your needs by shopping locally in South Brent 

To find local community groups or activities click on either the 'Activities' button or the 'Organisations & Groups' button. 

 If you want your event included in the 'whats on' section; email the details to webmaster@southbrent.org.uk

South Brent is twinned with Chateauneuf du Faou in Brittany with visits being made between the two. 

Details of some twinning contacts can be found on the menus.

 

Village Profile

South Brent is a large village on the southern edge of Dartmoor. The Parish is the second largest (after Cornwood) in South Hams at 3742 ha, and 6th largest in Devon (after Ivybridge, Totnes, Kingsbridge, Dartmouth and Bickleigh) with a population of 3043 in 2012.

The village was originally a woollen and market centre with 2 annual fairs and a station. Now the village centre is within Dartmoor National Park, and it is a thriving community with shops, businesses, school, village hall and community centre.

The Parish Council consists of 12 elected councillors - 9 from the Village Ward, and 3 from Brent Moor Ward. The present Council were elected/co-opted in May 2019, and will serve for 4 years until 2023. A list of the Councillors may be found here

There is a Parish Council web site with more information at www.southbrent.gov.uk 

Parish Council meetings normally take place in the Side Hall at the Village Hall, on the 4th Monday of each month starting at 7:30pm. In August the meeting takes place at The Old School Community Centre.  All members of the public are invited to attend meetings, and will have the opportunity to speak at a public forum at the start of each meeting.

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The Ivybridge Mobile Library Service will be returning to service from the 12th of April 2021

 

Customers will be able to come on board the library van, individually or in their household bubbles, to choose books and other items. To make sure that there are enough books to go around we will be limiting borrowing to 5 items per person for the time being.  

 

Face masks to be worn, everyone to use the hand sanitiser and observe social distancing rules when using the mobile library.  Returned books will be quarantined for 72 hours. 

 

Please note that the return of the mobile library service is subject to the Government’s roadmap going forward as planned.  

 

You can find the full timetable with all visit dates for 2021 on the Devon Libraries website:  www.devonlibraries.org.uk/web/arena/mobilelibraries

 

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The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination programme will start from the week commencing 14 December.

Due to the need to store this at very low temperatures all the South Hams practices’ patients are being vaccinated at a central site which will be within 10 minutes’ drive of South Brent.

Initially the vaccine will be offered to those over 80 years old – the Health Centre will be contacting patients directly but the booking system is centralised and choice of slots is very limited.

Please accept the slot offered as the practice only has a finite allocation per week and we need to use them all.

You can drive yourself or arrange for a lift with family or friends.

A second dose is then due 3 weeks later – and will be on the same day of the week at the same time.

Patients will need to remain at the site for 15 minutes after vaccination but can drive themselves.

Please do not contact the Health Centre, hospital or GPs, but do continue to adhere to the measures and restrictions that help limit transmission of the virus.

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Coronavirus / COVID-19 - Community Information

 For information and advice on Coronavirus go to:

Government's Covid-19 Guidelines for “National Lockdown restrictions are in force from 5 January".

See: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home”

 

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ 

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The Outreach Post Office provided by Strete Post Office is now permanently hosted in South Brent Old School Community Centre.

Post Office opening hours:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning ONLY.

  • Monday : 9:00 to 12:00
  • Wednesday: 9:00 to 12:00
  • Friday: 9:00 to 12:00

 

The Lloyds Bank Mobile Banking facility have now resumed

Visiting every two weeks on a Monday from 9.45 am to 11.15 am commencing on 28th September 2020.

 

The service is provided in conjunction with the management of the Old School Centre.