Mount Gould Methodist Church

The little Methodist chapel sits on the slopes above Plymouth, and it's the kind of place you'd drive past without noticing if you didn't know it was there. Built in the 19th century, it's got that unpretentious solidity you find in so many rural chapels across Devon - whitewashed walls, a simple bell turret, and absolutely no fuss about itself.

What makes it worth a detour is partly the setting. Walk up from the car park and you've got views that stretch across the surrounding moorland and down towards the city. On a clear afternoon, it's a proper viewpoint as much as a place of worship. The interior is modest - wooden pews, plain glass windows, the kind of chapel where you can almost hear the organ singing from a century ago.

It's best for walkers rather than casual visitors. You'll want to allow twenty minutes, half an hour if you're photographing it or sitting a while. There's no café, no gift shop, no interpretation boards. Just the building itself and the landscape.

Family groups might find it a bit quiet, unless you're keen on chapel architecture or local Methodist history. It works brilliantly as a stop on a longer ramble across Dartmoor - Dartmoor Domes is only a few miles away, so you could work it into a park-based holiday easily enough.

Free to visit as far as I can tell, though do check locally before making the journey. Go midweek if you want it to yourself.