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Benefice Details for Tavistock, Gulworthy and Brent Tor

Archdeaconry: Plymouth
Deanery: Tavistock

Clergy in the benefice

The Very Rev Dr Chris Hardwick
Vicar of Tavistock, Gulworthy and Brent Tor

The Vicarage, 5a Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8AU
Tel: 01822 617432
Email The Very Rev Dr Chris Hardwick

The Rev Michael Loader
Assistant Priest

20 Edgcumbe Drive, Tavistock, PL19 0ET
Tel: 01822 613231
Email The Rev Michael Loader

The Rev Judith Blowey
Curate of Tavistock, Gulworthy and Brent Tor

Higher Woodley Farm, Sydenham Damerel, Tavistock, PL19 8QU
Tel: 01822 832374
Email The Rev Judith Blowey

Parishes in the benefice

Brent Tor

Gulworthy

Tavistock

Devon’s NHS Chaplains are the first line of support for those on the front line

The Reverend Sheila Swarbrick has been an NHS chaplain at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital for 12 years, but says the last few months have brought a lot of changes in the way she and the rest of the team work. “No visitors are allowed, we are having to wear facemasks and coloured scrubs along with our clerical shirts. “We have had to remove a lot of the furniture in the chaplaincy room. We…

Prince William features in national online service led by Devon Vicar

A Devon Vicar is leading this Sunday’s Church of England national online service, marking the end of Mental Health Awareness Week. The Reverend Professor Gina Radford was Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England until 2019. She is now the Vicar of South Brent and Rattery and has been advising the Church of England on its Covid-19 guidance for churches. The service also features a contribution from Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, in which he urges…

New Covid-19 Ascension Hymn for Devon

Nick Shutt, the Archdeacon of Plymouth, says he was inspired to write a new hymn for Ascension to try to make sense of the Covid-19 pandemic and how it has changed our lives. The song was performed by the Lee Abbey worship band as part of the Diocese of Exeter Ascension Day Service, which was led by Nick and filmed at the church on top of Brentor, Dartmoor. Ascension takes place 40 days after Easter…

Feast of Fun Goes Ahead At Home Following Funding Boost

The Feast of Fun initiative to help families in Plymouth and tackle food poverty is now taking place in family homes thanks to grants from local charities and businesses. Feast of Fun usually takes place during the school holidays with churches across the city providing free holiday clubs for children with a lunchtime meal included. It had been feared it would not be able to take place this year because of the coronavirus restrictions and…

Bell Tolls At Landmark Dartmoor Church As Coronavirus Restrictions Ease

The bell has been rung at one of Devon’s most scenic churches for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown began. The sound rang out from the 12th Century St Michel de Rupe on top of Brentor, Dartmoor, following new guidance from the Church of England permitting the tolling of a single bell. Churches were closed for public worship in March in line with the Government’s coronavirus restrictions and all bellringing was suspended on public…