Playing cat and pigeon.
St Gregory's church, 12th Century, built over the original wooden 8th century structure. The body of the famous smuggler, Jack Rattenbury - a real life Jack Sparrow, is buried in the graveyard here.. read about his amazing adventures here.
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The beach at Beer
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St Peters church, built for use by the nearby Grove prison by prisoners in 1892. It is now privately owned.
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Two wooden crosses dedicated to unknown seamen washed ashore after HMS Formidable was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast during an exercise at the start of the First World War. Only 199 men survived from a crew of 750. Some fascinating facts about that day can be read here.
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