| Woodbury | |
|---|---|
 Woodbury | |
  Woodbury Location within Devon | |
| Population | 1,605 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SY011872 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Exeter |
| Postcode district | EX5 |
| Dialling code | 01395 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Woodbury is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, 7 miles (11 km) south east of the city of Exeter. At the 2011 Census the village had a population of 1,605,[1] and the parish (which also includes Exton and Woodbury Salterton) had a population of 3,466.[2] It lies on the east bank of the Exe Estuary, has borders – clockwise from the estuary – with the district of Exeter (near to Topsham) and then the parishes of Clyst St George, Clyst St Mary, Farringdon, Colaton Raleigh, Bicton and Lympstone.[3] Woodbury is part of the electoral ward of Woodbury and Lympstone whose population at the 2011 Census was 5,260.[4]
The village itself lies about four miles north of the centre of Exmouth on the B3179 road between Clyst St George and Budleigh Salterton. About two miles to the north lies the east-west A3052 road and about 1.5 miles to the west of the village the A376 road that follows the Exe Estuary from Exeter down to Exmouth passes through the parish. The small settlements of Ebford and Exton are on this road.[5][6]
- ^ "Settlement population 2011". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : East Devon Retrieved 27 January 2010
- ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Woodbury and Lympstone Ward 2011". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ OS Explorer maps 110 and 115.
- ^ Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 188. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.