Braunton
Sign in to saveBraunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon. The village is situated west of Barnstaple. It is one of the largest villages in Devon with a population at the 2021 census of 10,217 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
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Place details
- Locality
- North Devon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 9,525
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Braunton (Devon, UK), St Brannock's Church -- 2013 -- 1557.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Brannock's Church, Braunton
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- Village Green - geograph.org.uk - 963301.jpg
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Village Green
- UK place.official_name
- Braunton
- UK place.population
- 7,353
- UK place.civil_parish
- Braunton
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- North Devon
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +8128
- Image
- Braunton (Devon, UK), St Brannock's Church -- 2013 -- 1557.jpg
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Article
32 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Topography
- Climate
- History
- Manors
- Braunton Dean
- Braunton Abbots
- Braunton Gorges
- St Brannock's Church
- Monuments and furnishings
- St. Brannock
- Demography
- Historic estates
- Saunton
- Knowle
- Wrafton
- Lobb and North Lobb
- Ash
- Fullabrook
- Incledon
- Buckland
- Events
- Tourism
- Facilities
- Surfing
- Transport
- Notable residents
- Twin towns
- See also
- Braunton gallery
- Notes and references
- External links
Braunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon. The village is situated west of Barnstaple. It is one of the largest villages in Devon with a population at the 2021 census of 10,217 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.
==Toponymy== The origin of the name Braunton is unclear; there are two likely explanations for the name. The first is that the name comes from the common name Brampton, derived from "a town where broom grew". The other explanation is that it could be named after St Brannock. Neither of these explanations fit perfectly, and the origin of this name will likely remain a mystery.