- Yelland
Yelland is a small
village inNorth Devon betweenInstow and Fremington in the English county ofDevon . Yelland is included within theparish of Fremington.Character
There are around 2000 people living in Yelland, which mainly consist of the older generation, although many younger people live there and commute into the local towns of Barnstaple and Bideford.
Amenities
Yelland has one general store - Riviera Stores - which is accompanied by a Post Office. There is also a garage, and a small industrial park. Residents use the nearest major village Fremington, or the slightly smaller village of
Instow for their daily needs. Supermarkets are located in the nearest towns -Barnstaple andBideford . There is no church situated in the village.Regular bus services are operated by First Devon and Cornwall and
Stagecoach Devon . The nearest railway station isBarnstaple railway station , andExeter International Airport is the nearest passenger internationalairport by road. The nearest international ferry port is at Plymouth.Children in the area generally attend Fremington or Instow Primary Schools at primary school age, and Bideford College, Pilton Community College or The Park Community School at secondary school age. College students attend Bideford College's sixth form, North Devon College, or may travel further afield.
Archaeology
Near Lower Yelland Farm is a
Bronze Age megalithic site consisting of a doublestone row . They are unusual in being sited at the river's edge rather than on highermoorland . Since its construction, thousands of years ago, the site has been smothered bysilt from the widening of theRiver Taw . The stones are no longer visible.Walking trails
Visitors to Yelland and the surrounding area enjoy the views and scenic paths for walking. The
Tarka Trail andSouth West Coast Path are easily accessible from the Yelland Power Station Road.East Yelland Coal-fired Power Station
The
East Yelland Power Station was once an operationalcoal -firedelectricity production plant located in a partially hidden area on the estuary, next to thetarka trail . The power station was one of only two located to the west ofHinkley Point .The power station was opened on
21 April 1955 [http://www.swehs.co.uk/docs/news28su.html#55] by Lord Fortescue. In March 1984, it was announced by theCentral Electricity Generating Board that the power station would close by the end of October that year. [http://www.swehs.co.uk/docs/news28su.html#84]Fuel for the power station was obtained from coal mines in
South Wales , and was transported across theBristol Channel onto a jetty specially constructed for the power station. However, due to the closure of the coal mines in the 1980s, coal would be more expensive to obtain from other areas of the country. Therefore, it was more economical to close the power station.Today, most of the power station, which covered an area of 3.1ha, has been demolished.
External links
* [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?thold=-1&mode=flat&order=0&sid=2201 Information about the Megalithic site including photos and an aerial photo showing is location]
* [http://yelland.dynalias.com]
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