Braunton is an English village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in North Devon. The village is situated 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnstaple. While not the largest village in England, it is amongst the most populous in Devon with a population at the 2011 census of 7,353 people. There are two electoral wards (East and West). Their joint population at the above census was 8,218. Within the parish is the fertile, low-lying Braunton Great Field, which adjoins the undulating Braunton Burrows, the Core Area in North Devon Biosphere Reserve, the largest psammosere (sand dune system) in England. It confronts the Atlantic Ocean at the west of the parish at the large beach of Saunton Sands, one of the South West's international-standard surfing beaches.
Population: 8,608
Latitude: 51° 06' 30.49" N
Longitude: -4° 09' 40.72" W
Moreton House (formerly until 1821 Daddon House) is a grade II listed country house and former large estate near Bideford, North Devon, England. The house is situated approximately one mile west of the old centre of Bideford town, its entrance drive…
Mockham Down is the site of an Iron Age Hill Fort close to Brayfordhill in Devon, England. It takes the form of a multi-ditch and rampart enclosure close to the top of the hill known as Mockham Down at an elevation approx 310 Metres above Sea Level.…
Landkey (Cornish: Lannke) is a small village in the county of Devon in the south-west of England with a population of 2274, falling to 1,734 at the 2011 census. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) from the nearest town of Barnstaple. The village is a ma…
Ilfracombe Town F.C. is a football club based in Ilfracombe, Devon, England. The club play at Marlborough Park, situated high on a hill overlooking the Bristol Channel.
Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Ilfracombe, Devon in the United Kingdom. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1828 and the present station was opened i…
Huntshaw Cross transmitting station is a telecommunications facility serving North Devon including the towns of Barnstaple and South Molton. It broadcasts television, radio and mobile telephone services and is currently owned by Arqiva. It is locate…
Hillsborough is a Local Nature Reserve in Ilfracombe, North Devon. It is known locally as the sleeping elephant. It is also the site of an Iron Age hill fort atop the cliff on a promontory at approx 115 metres above sea level. The fort takes the cla…
Hele Bay is a small village and beach just to the east of the town of Ilfracombe in North Devon, England.
Eaglescott Airfield (ICAO: EGHU) is located in Burrington, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) east southeast of Great Torrington, in Devon, England.
Chelfham Viaduct is a railway viaduct built in 1896-7 to carry the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) across the Stoke Rivers valley. Designed by L&B engineer, FW Chanter, and containing over a quarter of a million Marland bricks, its eight arches …
Barnstaple railway station (Barnstaple Victoria Road railway station from 1949) was the western terminus of the Devon and Somerset Railway. It was situated on the western side of Barnstaple in Devon, England.
Barnstaple Castle stood near what is now the centre of the town of Barnstaple, Devon (grid reference SS557332.
Atherington is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England, about 8 miles south of Barnstaple.
Annery kiln is a former limekiln of the estate of Annery, in the parish of Monkleigh, North Devon. It is situated on the left bank of the River Torridge near Half-Penny Bridge, built in 1835, which connects the parishes of Monkleigh and Weare Giffar…
Alwington is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The parish is on the coast and includes the villages of Alwington, Fairy Cross, Ford and Knotty Corner.
West Buckland is a small village and former manor located 8 miles (13 km) east-south-east of Barnstaple in North Devon, England. South Molton is the nearest town. The hamlet of Elwell lies to its north-east.
Wistlandpound Reservoir is a reservoir in Devon, England owned by South West Water.
West Down is a small village on the route between Braunton and Ilfracombe and nine miles from Barnstaple in North Devon. The village sits in a bowl in the hills at 450 feet above sea level.