Near Lower Yelland Farm is a Bronze Age megalithic site consisting of a double stone row.

Since its construction, thousands of years ago, the site has been smothered by silt from the widening of the River Taw.

The Tarka Trail and South West Coast Path are easily accessible from the Yelland Power Station Road.

The East Yelland Power Station was once an operational coal-fired electricity production plant located in a partially hidden area on the estuary, next to the Tarka Trail.

The generating capacity and output was:[3][4][1][5][6]In the year ending 31 March 1981 the station delivered just 0.2 per cent of its capability.

[4] In March 1984, it was announced by the Central Electricity Generating Board that the power station would close by the end of October that year.