Hawkridge Church

Hawkridge church, detail of Norman doorway

The church of St Giles at Hawkridge is a Norman church largely rebuilt in the late middle ages and heavily restored in 1878, but still with its original north doorway and Norman font. The church lies in a remote part of Exmoor near the boundary between Devon and Somerset and a mile south of Tarr Steps. It stands amidst a few cottages on a ridge between the Danes Brook to the south and the river Barle to the North.