| St Giles on the Heath | |
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 The thatched pub and post office in the village | |
  St Giles on the Heath Location within Devon | |
| Population | 617 (2001 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
St Giles on the Heath, sometimes hyphenated as St Giles-on-the-Heath, is a village and civil parish in the far west of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of Torridge. The village is in the east of the parish and lies on the A388 road about eight miles south of the town of Holsworthy.
The parish includes the hamlets of Hele, West Panson, East Panson, Sitcott, Box's Shop, Peter's Finger, West Druxton, Poole and Netherbridge. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north-west by the parishes of Northcott, Luffincott, Ashwater, Virginstow, Broadwoodwidger and Lifton. Its western border follows the River Tamar which forms the county boundary with Cornwall.[1] In 2001 its population was 617, significantly higher than the 258 residents it had in 1901.[2] The village is part of Broadheath electoral ward. At the 2011 census the population was 1,650.[3]
- ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 168. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
- ^ "Broadheath ward 2011". Retrieved 16 February 2015.