The Rattery parish website provides up to date information about the parish including parish council, village hall, activities and organisations events, general information and businesses and services.

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  Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service – Community Conversations event 10.09.25.
  Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service – Community Conversations… Read more: Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service – Community Conversations event 10.09.25.
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  South Hams Licensing Policy Consultation Closes 30.09.25.
  Licensing Policy Consultation South Hams District Council is now undertaking… Read more: South Hams Licensing Policy Consultation Closes 30.09.25.
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  Free Cyber Security Support from UK Policing
  Free Cyber Security Support from UK Policing If you are… Read more: Free Cyber Security Support from UK Policing
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  Local government reorganisation
  Local government reorganisation If you live, work, study, or run… Read more: Local government reorganisation
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  Dartmoor Outdoor Festival 29th August to 5th September
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  Rattery Panto 13 and 14 December 2025
  Rattery Panto Robin Hood: Saturday 13th December 2025Matinee: Sunday 14th December Calling… Read more: Rattery Panto 13 and 14 December 2025
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  Please report pot holes in Rattery
  The Parish Council would like your help in reporting potholes… Read more: Please report pot holes in Rattery

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Rattery Village and Parish

Rattery nestles in the hills on a plateau between the Harbourne and Dart valleys on the edge of Dartmoor.

With a rainfall of around 700mm per year there are many streams and the village has been inhabited for many centuries. Aerial photographs taken in 1983 show crop marks suggesting some evidence of prehistoric settlements (with some of Roman origins) in the parish.

There are several ideas about the origins of the name of Rattery. It may have come from Rathe Erse, meaning mound or fortification on a hill, a good description of its location. The name changed over the years to, for example; Rottruwe, Rottrue, Ratreu, Ratreueford, Radetre, Radetru, Rattriewe, Ratterie, and Ratworthie. Among many other variations the syllable “tru” (and its variations) was Saxon in origin meaning “trusted way” as at True Street, between Totnes and Berry Pomery and Wadstray near Blackawton.

Adapted from The Book of Rattery, a portrait in words and pictures – compiled by the people of Rattery. Chapter 1, The origins of Rattery Village and the Parish. (Halsgrove 2001).