Ivybridge, gateway to South Dartmoor and the South Hams

Last updated on 16 Aug 2008

New Saturday Market

A new Saturday Market is being held each week for the next few weeks. The market will be held on Saturday 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th August, and Saturday 6th September. If these markets are well supported, the market programme will continue further into the autumn, so please do come along and support it. Stalls will include art & craftwork, local smallholding produce, sweets, jewellery, party goods and balloons, jams & preserves, local photography and much more.

The market is held in Glanville's Mill from 9:00am to 1:00pm. It is organised by the Ivybridge Regeneration Group, supported by the Town Council. If you would like to have a stall, please call 01752 893815.

Gary Streeter MP sporting an environmentally friendly Ivybridge shopping bag

The new market was opened by Gary Streeter MP, here shown sporting his environmentally friendly Ivybridge Shopping Bag (available at the Watermark) with stallholder Sharon Murphy of the Devon Association of Smallholders.

Latest Community Diary

The September Community Diary information sheet is now available. Please click here to wiew it as a PDF document.

2008 Major Events Calendar for Ivybridge

Many of this year's major events in the town are detailed on a clendar compiled by Dawn Trower, Deputy Tow Clerk. This is available to view or download by clicking here.

New Local History Section

We now have a new section devoted to local history based on published but out of print books of local interest. We are indebted to the authors, Bob Mann and Alec Rogers, for their kind permission to reproduce the books in this section. By clicking on the links, the books are available in PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader v5 or above. If you have suggestions as to further books that could be reproduced here, do drop us an email via the 'Contact' page.

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New Ivybridge Watermark

the Ivybridge Watermark

The Watermark, the new Ivybridge Library and Community Resource Centre opened on time on Monday 14th April 2008. Work started on Monday 23rd April 2007 on the Erme Court, Leonards Road site and Midas Construction have completed the work in 51 weeks. You can view the architects' record of the complete built here!
The Watermark now has its own web site giving full details of all the new building's facilities: www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.

Ivybridge Town Bird’s Eye View Leaflet

The Ivybridge Tourism Working Group has just received a fresh reprint of the leaflet to advertise the town and the beautiful area in which we live. The leaflet is now freely available from the Ivybridge TIC or the Town Hall. More details on the Bird's Eye Guide...

IvyCard Ivybridge Loyalty Card!

A loyalty shopping card, produced by Ivybridge Chamber of Trade, is available to help promote local businesses. The cards are free to customers and numerous discounts and offers are available from variety of Ivybridge businesses. Shop locally! More details on the IvyCard...

Young Explorers’ Guide to Historic Ivybridge

A new explorers' guide to Ivybridge produced by primary school children in the town has been released. The Young Explorers Guide to Historic Ivybridge shows the main landmarks in the town with illustrations and information along side by the children. More details...

This site is a guide to businesses, community organisations and community events in Ivybridge in the beautiful South Hams area of Devon. Ivybridge is the gateway to southern Dartmoor, the start of the Two Moors Way and is the largest town in the South Hams. Ivybridge has a unique range of shops, the superb South Devon Tennis Centre and South Dartmoor Leisure Centre and makes an excellent base for walking holidays on Dartmoor and for touring the beautiful South Hams and its coastline. Ivybridge: a warm welcome on the edge of the Moor!

Our charity of the year for 2008 is the Niemann-Pick Disease Group (UK).

 

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