Venn Ottery

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Venn Ottery
Devon

St Gregory's church, Venn Ottery
Location
Grid reference: SY078912
Location: 50°42’47"N, 3°18’22"W
Data
Postcode: EX11
Dialling code: 01404
Local Government
Council: East Devon
Parliamentary
constituency:
East Devon

Venn Ottery, historically also spelt Fen Ottery, is a small village in eastern Devon, a mile north of the larger village of Newton Poppleford.

St Gregory's Church has a 15th-century tower[1], and is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

About the village

Venn Ottery Common, west of the village, is a nature reserve owned by the Devon Wildlife Trust. It is part of the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths, a nationally important lowland heath area and site of special scientific interest.[3]

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Ottery Venn Ottery)

References

  1. Church of St Gregory - British Listed Buildings
  2. National Heritage List 10207384: Church of St Gregory
  3. Devon Wildlife Trust