Village Profile
South Brent is a large village on the southern edge of Dartmoor. The Parish is the second largest (after Cornwood) in South Hams at 3742 ha, and 6th largest (after Ivybridge, Totnes, Kingsbridge, Dartmouth and Bickleigh) with a population of 3043 in 2012.
The village was originally a woollen and market centre with 2 annual fairs and a station. Now the village centre is within Dartmoor National Park, and it is a thriving community with shops, businesses, school, village hall and community centre.
The Parish Council consists of 12 elected councillors - 9 from the Village Ward, and 3 from Brent Moor Ward. The present Council were elected/co-opted in May 2015, and will serve for 4 years until 2019. A list of the Councillors may be found here.
Parish Council meetings normally take place in the Side Hall at the Village Hall, on the 4th Monday of each month starting at 7:30pm. In August the meeting takes place at The Old SChool Community Centre. All members of the public are invited to attend meetings, and will have the opportunity to speak at a public forum at the start of each meeting.
Parish Council News
Military Advocacy Service - Devon & Torbay
A Military Advocacy service is about to be launched in Devon following the success in Plymouth.
The service would really appreciate if you could pass this very short anonymous survey onto your networks and individual veterans and their families who live in the wider Devon area.
The survey will help focus the service priorities, partnerships and evidence need.
Please click on the link below to access the survey:
Military Advocacy - Devon & Torbay
Many veterans have risked their lives to keep our country safe, sometimes in very stressful and traumatic circumstances.
It is important that they receive support and help if and when they need it.
Not all veterans will be known to us and please will you publicise the link in newsletters and on notice boards if possible.
South Brent Post Office
Further to the earlier information about the developments following the closure of the South Brent Post Office, although some finer details are to be confirmed, a temporary solution of an Outreach Post Office Service run by the Strete Postmistress is being put in place.
The new arrangements for Post Office Services in the Old School Community Centre will commence from Wednesday 17th January 2018 on:
- Wednesdays from 9am-1pm
- Fridays from 9am-12noon
- Saturdays from 9am-12noon
Huge thanks are owed to the Trustees of the Old School Community Centre and Centre Manager and Glyn Richards in particular for the work he has done in facilitating this.
This arrangement can continue while longer term arrangements are explored. The best option remains for an existing South Brent retailer to offer to host the service and several local retailers have been approached. If you know of a retailer who might be interested in discussing hosting Post Office services in the village, they can be put in touch with the relevant Post Office manager via the Parish Clerk (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).