Chulmleigh | |
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Chulmleigh shown within Devon | |
Population | 1,017 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SS6814 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHULMLEIGH |
Postcode district | EX18 |
Dialling code | 01769 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
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Chulmleigh (/ˈtʃʌmli/ CHUM-lee) is a small Saxon hilltop market town and civil parish located in North Devon in the heart of the English county of Devon. It is located 20 miles (32 km) north west of Exeter, just north of the Mid Devon boundary, linked by the A377 and B3096 roads. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north by the parishes of King's Nympton, Romansleigh, Meshaw, East Worlington, Chawleigh, Wembworthy (a short border only), Ashreigney, Burrington, and Chittlehamholt. In 2001 the population of the parish was 1,308, decreasing to 1,017 at the 2011 census. An electoral ward with the same name also exists whose total population at the same census was 2,081.
Chulmleigh has some very old architecture with many cob and thatched buildings. It is located close to the Tarka Railway Line. King's Nympton Railway Station is within the parish, although it is around 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town, and Eggesford station is closer to the town.