Braunton
Braunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon. The village is situated 5 miles west of Barnstaple. It is one of the largest villages in Devon with a population at the 2021 census of 10,217 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 9,530 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Braunton, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of British Surfing and London Inn.
Museum of British Surfing
Museum
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The Museum of British Surfing is a Museum based in Braunton, Devon; the museum contains exhibits relating to the history of surfing in the United Kingdom.
St Brannock’s Church
Church
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St Brannock's Church is a medieval Church of England church in Braunton, Devon, England. According to legend it was founded by Saint Brannock, a 6th-century Christian saint. It became a Grade I listed building on 25 February 1965.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boode and Knowle.
Boode
Hamlet
Photo: Roger A Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boode is a small hamlet in North Devon, England. A large dairy farm is situated there. The farm won the Farmers Weekly 'Dairy Farmer of the Year' award 2011.
Knowle
Village
Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knowle is a village near Braunton located on the A361 road between Ilfracombe and Barnstaple in North Devon, England. It is in the civil parish of Braunton. Knowle is situated near to the Iron Age fortification of Knowle Hill Castle.
Ash, Braunton
Hamlet
Photo: HKSG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ash in the parish of Braunton in North Devon is a historic estate listed in the Domesday Book. The present mansion, known as The Ash Barton estate is a Grade II* listed building.
Braunton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Braunton, North Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.10833° or 51° 6′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.16114° or 4° 9′ 40″ westPopulation
9,530Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BNNOpen location code
9C3Q4R5Q+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 206388734OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Braunton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Braunton”
- Bengali: “ব্রান্টন”
- Catalan: “Braunton”
- Cebuano: “Braunton”
- Chinese: “布朗恩頓”
- Chinese: “布朗恩顿”
- Dutch: “Braunton”
- French: “Braunton”
- German: “Braunton”
- Gujarati: “બૌટન”
- Irish: “Braunton”
- Italian: “Braunton”
- Japanese: “ブラウトン”
- Japanese: “ブラントン”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರೌನ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “브라운턴”
- Ladin: “Braunton”
- Latin: “Brantona”
- Lithuanian: “Brautonas”
- Persian: “برانتون”
- Polish: “Braunton”
- Portuguese: “Braunton”
- Russian: “Браунтон”
- Spanish: “Braunton”
- Swedish: “Braunton”
- Tamil: “ப்ரான்டன்”
- Telugu: “బ్రుంన్టన్”
- Turkish: “Braunton”
- Urdu: “براونٹن”
- Welsh: “Braunton”
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