Ivybridge
Sign in to saveIvybridge is a town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales and lies along the A38 "Devon Expressway" road. There are two electoral wards in Ivybridge East and Ivybridge West with a total population of 11,851.
Key facts
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Ivybridge
- UK place.population
- 11,851
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.shire_district
- South Hams
- UK place.civil_parish
- Ivybridge
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX635560
- UK place.dial_code
- 01752
- UK place.post_town
- IVYBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL21
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South West Devon
- UK place.static_image_name
- Fore Street, Ivybridge - geograph.org.uk - 1410954.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Fore Street, Ivybridge
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Ivybridge is a town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales and lies along the A38 "Devon Expressway" road. There are two electoral wards in Ivybridge East and Ivybridge West with a total population of 11,851.
Mentioned in documents as early as the 13th century, Ivybridge's early history is marked by its status as an important crossing-point over the River Erme on the road from Exeter to Plymouth. In the 16th century mills were built using the River Erme's power. The parish of Saint John was formed in 1836. Ivybridge became a civil parish in 1894 and a town in 1977.