Braunton

Braunton
Village Green
Braunton is located in Devon
Braunton
Braunton
Location within Devon
Population7,353 [1] (2011)
OS grid referenceSS485365
Civil parish
  • Braunton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRAUNTON
Postcode districtEX33
Dialling code01271
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Devon
51°06′36″N 4°09′43″W / 51.11°N 4.162°W / 51.11; -4.162

Braunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon. The village is situated 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnstaple. It is one of the largest villages in Devon with a population at the 2021 census of 10,217 people.[2] There are two electoral wards (East and West). Their joint population at the above census was 8,218.[3][4] 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.

  1. ^ "South West England (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. ^ "Parish Headcounts: North Devon". Parish census 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Braunton East ward 2011". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Braunton West ward 2011". Retrieved 20 February 2015.