The Town Council’s offices are located in the Town Hall, Erme Court, Leonards Road, Ivybridge; tel 01752 893815; fax 01752 896488; e-mail townclerk@ivybridge.gov.uk; web address www.ivybridge.gov.uk; personal visitors are welcome to call into both the Town Hall and into the town’s Information Centre located in The Watermark nearby.

Ivybridge is divided into 3 different wards: Central, Filham and Woodlands. The Town Council comprises 15 elected members – 6 each for Filham and Woodlands and 3 for Central – who work for the town in a voluntary capacity. The person acting as Town Mayor is elected annually in May. For details of current Councillors please click here.  The members are supported by a small team of paid officers, headed by the Town Clerk, Mrs Lesley Hughes - for details of staffing please click here.

The Town Council carries out its business through 5 committees and 1 sub-committee, with the Town Council meeting in full on a monthly basis to deal with its statutory business. For details of the Council's committees please click here.

In addition to providing access to the first tier of Government, the Town Hall and The Watermark act as an outreach venue for a number of other valuable services including –
• The Citizens Advice Bureau
• South Hams District Council Connect Services
• MP Advice Surgeries.

The Town Hall building is also home to the Seamoor Children's Centre, contact telephone number 01752 896356. Please click here for further information.
 

The Town Council's Open Spaces

The Town Council's chief physcial assets aside from The Watermark and Town Hall are its wonderful open spaces, details as follows -

• Allotment Gardens – the Park Street site offers 28 plots, the Woodlands site 34 plots and Filham Park over 100 plots. The Allotments are managed on behalf of the Town Council by the Ivybridge Allotments Association. The Association operates a waiting list for plots; application forms to join the waiting list are available from The Watermark Information Centre. Demand for allotments remains buoyant and the Association is actively seeking further allotment land.  If you would like to join the Allotment Waiting List please click here to download an Application Form.

 • Filham Park, off Godwell Lane – 34 acres of country park including a car park, cadet centre, allotments, cricket pitch and clubhouse plus a 2 acre fishing lake which is a magnet for both anglers and wildlife. Day passes are available for the lake from The Watermark Information Centre , Erme Court– or join the Plymouth & District Coarse Angling Club; Environment Agency Rod Licences are available from the Post Office in Glanville’s Mill precinct (telephone 01752 892623). This land was once part of the Filham Estate and some magnificent trees testify to its country house origins.

NB: close by (on private land) lies the old silver mine – rumour has it there is plenty of silver left but extraction is the biggest problem!

• Longtimber and Pithill Woods, off Station Road – a most beautiful 53 acres registered as Ancient Semi Natural Woodland (ASNW) with riverside pathways; the area is managed in a sympathetic and ecologically sound manner for the Town Council by Dartmoor National Park.  Please click here to download a Town Council publication detailing the history and managementof these Woods plus a suggested "guided" walk .

• MacAndrews Field, off Exeter Road – around 2 acres for informal recreation equipped with seating; dog walkers to keep to the fenced perimeter only.

• Victoria Park, off Station Road – a lovely Victorian park of around 3 acres surrounded by mature trees and including a children’s play park, nature garden and youth shelter.

• Woodlands Cemetery
The cemetery at Woodlands is situated on an open site at the western end of the town, with far-reaching views to the Western Beacon.

The initial scheme for 1731 plots was laid out by the old Plympton St Mary Rural District Council. When Plympton was incorporated with Plymouth, ownership passed to the South Hams District Council and finally it was leased to Ivybridge Town Council in 1987 on an Agency Agreement, which is reviewed every 10 years.

The cemetery is divided into two sections and the first consecration took place in 1887. This was followed by further consecrations in 1944, 1954, 1984 and 1992. The old section of the cemetery houses two Chapels, one of which is still in use today for services, should it be required by any local families. The cemetery is also the base for the outside Maintenance Department.

The Town Hall staff do their very best to answer enquiries and to make all visitors welcome, whether they are bereaved or trying to research their family history.  Please click here to view a copy of the Council's information leaflet on burials and other services at Woodlands Cemetery. 

Significant recreational spaces in the town owned by South Hams District Council include -  

• Erme Playing Fields, off Ermington Road – the home to Ivybridge Town Football Club and the South Devon Tennis Centre; includes a small children’s play park and riverside walk.

• Leisure Centre Play Park – a modern, well equipped children’s play park with disabled access.

• Skate Park, Leonards Road Car Park – a popular and well equipped facility.

• Woodlands Park, off Woodland Road – mainly laid to grass with trees and hedges predominating and a stream meandering through. Facilities include a children’s play area, a multi-sports area, a teenage shelter and a wildlife pond with platform pier to assist pond dipping.