Bigbury

Not to be confused with Bigbury-on-Sea.

Bigbury
Royal Oak Inn
Bigbury is located in Devon
Bigbury
Bigbury
Location within Devon
Population582 (2001 census)
Civil parish
  • Bigbury
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°18′5.66″N 3°52′22.80″W / 50.3015722°N 3.8730000°W / 50.3015722; -3.8730000

Bigbury is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 582, compared to 260 in 1901,[1] and decreasing to 500 in 2011.[2] The southern side of the parish lies on the coast, and it is surrounded clockwise from the west by the parishes of Ringmore, Modbury, Aveton Gifford, and on the opposite bank of the estuary of the River Avon, Thurlestone.[3] Road access to the parish is via the A379 and the B3392.[1] The parish council meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm in Bigbury Memorial Hall (excluding August & January).

The village of Bigbury has a grid reference SX667464) and is near the coastal village of Bigbury-on-Sea, just offshore of which is Burgh Island. The parish also includes the eastern part of the small bay and beach at Challaborough.

  1. ^ a b Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 20. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.