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As with most villages,
many activities, but not all, centre on the village hall. Lydford's
village Hall is the Nicholls Hall
If you have any information for this page please
e-mail info@lydfordparishcouncil.co.uk
Nicholls Hall
For Nicholls Hall Bookings please phone
Sue Holland on 820263
Badminton Club usually meets every Tuesday
7.30pm start - All are welcome
Bell Ringing with St Petrocks Tower Bell
Ringers. Our aim is to ring the bells for church services, weddings
etc as required. We practice on Tuesday evenings meeting at 7.30
pm until 9.00 pm and experienced ringers are always welcome. If
you would like to learn to ring the bells, please come down and
meet us on a Tuesday evening and we can arrange tuition for you.
Contact Geoffrey Baker on 01822 820308 for more information
The Cricket Club would welcome
anyone who has an interest in cricket, particularly new players.
For all enquiries concerning Lydford CC please contact David Hocking
on 01837 861376 or Graham Pengelly on 01822 820296
Cycling - Lydford is at
the southern end of the Granite
Way, where cyclists can follow the path of the old London & South Western Railway Line, north towards Okehampton, passing
over both the spectacular granite Lake viaduct and England's tallest
steel viaduct at Meldon.
The Jubilee seat on The Granite Way
Sports Field - For many sports. To see
the minutes of the sports field AGM
click here.
Swimming - while Lydford has no official
pool of its own. many residents and visitors take the short walk
to Black Rock where the brave can cool down in the many pools
formed in this stretch of the Lyd.
The Crawford Family cooling off in the pools
beneath Black Rock during the record breaking summer of 2003
Table Tennis on Fridays from 1.30pm
to 4pm
Under Fives Soft Play Group Thursdays 9.45am - 1.30pm
Walking - With easy access to 365 square
miles of Dartmoor, the walker is spoilt for choice. The Gorge
and Lydford Forest offer great walks in complete contrast to the
moorland. (links to a town walk,
medium walk to Widgery Cross and Black Rock and a long walk to
Bleak House, the Rattlebrook Railway and back via Fox & Hounds
and the Granite Way. A long
walk from another web site. Info on rights of way from
Devon
County Council.)
Yoga Classes on
Thursdays 2.30pm to 4pm.
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