Welcome to Hemyock, Anonymous Wednesday, July 30 2025 @ 03:06 pm UTC
Hemyock is the largest village on the Blackdown Hills, which is now designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish has an area of about 2350 hectares, and lies on the NW of the Blackdown Hills.
The village boasts a wide variety of clubs and activities to suit all ages and requirements - from bowls and tennis to WI and religious meetings.
If you're new to the village click HERE
For history of the village click HERE
For more photos click HERE
We need the communities help to shape the future of local government in Devon. Before we submit a final proposal for the future structure of council service delivery with our district partners, we want to know what matters in our community and what the needs and aspirations of people living and working in the area […]
Devon District Council have begun a series of engagement events, starting in Ilfracombe, to talk to people about the government’s plans for local government reorganisation. The government wants to abolish two-tier authorities – County Councils and District Councils – and to replace them with single unitary authorities, some of them led by Mayors. It wants […]
Under section 87(2) of the Local Government Act 1972, notice is hereby given that a casual vacancy now exists for a Councillor in the parish of Hemyock following the resignation of Penny Lawrence. The full Notice of Vacancy can be viewed here.
Updated details for the VE 80 Day celebrations can be found here
This year the Annual Parish Meeting will take place on 14 May 2025 at Longmead Pavilion. All local groups are encouraged to attend the meeting and submit a report. There will be talk of achieving Net Zero. Food available from 6.30pm. The Parish Council look forward to seeing you.
Managing water for nature and people Thursday 3 April 2025, 7–9pm Cullompton Community Centre We welcome you to join us at our seventh annual Connecting the Culm forum From a changing climate to growing communities, the future presents us with many challenges. We’ll explore what this means for the River Culm with a range of […]
The programme of events can be download here.
Somerset Sight, a not-for-profit charity, which supports and advise blind and partially sighted people have a Mobile Advisory Service vehicle which is now visiting the following Devon towns – Axminster, Cullompton, Honiton and Tiverton. Honiton Thurs 3rd Apr Lace Walk Car Park 10.30am – 3.30pm Cullompton Tue 8th Apr Tesco 10.30am – 3.30pm No appointment […]
Devon’s cancer screening programmes: Screening can help find cancers early, and improve chances of survival Early diagnosis of cancer can mean less treatment Screening may help prevent cancer from developing by finding cell changes Getting screened is a personal choice and you should consult your GP with any queries. The links below provide up to […]
Mobile ‘not spots’ may leave people vulnerable when landlines are switched off Mid Devon’s resilience officer is looking to understand where local communities have “not spots” before phones go fully digital and if community support may be needed. If you know of any areas in the parish where lack of mobile phone coverage could cause […]
Mostly dry with sunny spells.
Some late evening sunshine but turning increasingly cloudy from the west with showers, perhaps heavy at times, spreading southeastwards overnight. Staying mild in towns and cities, and more humid than the previous night. Minimum temperature 15 °C.
Feeling warm and humid on Thursday as showery rain pushes eastwards followed by sunny spells and heavy, possibly thundery showers, these mainly in the east. Maximum temperature 24 °C.
Largely dry with warm sunny spells through Friday. Staying dry and sunny on Saturday, but cloudier with outbreaks of rain arriving from the west through Sunday.
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Sourced from the Met Office