Bere Ferrers, sometimes called Beerferris, is a village and civil parish on the Bere peninsula in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is located to the north of Plymouth, on the west bank of the River Tavy. It has a railway station on the Tamar Valley Line.

Bere Ferrers
Bere Ferrers leading down to the River Tavy
Bere Ferrers Location within Devon
Population	2,989 (2011)
OS grid reference	SX4563
Civil parish	Bere Ferrers
District	West Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YELVERTON
Postcode district	PL20
Dialling code	01822
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Torridge and West Devon
List of places UK England Devon 50.451°N 4.177°W / 50.451; -4.177

The civil parish includes the whole of the Bere peninsula, including the village of Bere Alston and the smaller settlements of Tuckermarsh, Rumleigh, Buttspill, Braunder, Cotts, Hewton, Weir Quay, Clamoak, Gnatham and Collytown. In 2001 the parish had a population of 3,066;[1] this had decreased to 2,989 in 2011.[2]

Parish church

Sources

• Rogers, W.H. Hamilton, The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West, Exeter, 1890, pp. 1–36, Willoughby de Broke

See also

• Bere Ferrers rail accident
• Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bere Ferrers.

• 1999 Parish appraisal
• GENUKI page