Braunton
Braunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon.
Braunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon. The village is situated 5 miles (8 km) 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. 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 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.
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Worth seeing in and around Braunton
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Brannock's Church, Braunton
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.
400 m · church in Braunton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Museum of British Surfing
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. The Museum of British Surfing was founded by ITV News journalist and surfing historian Pete Robinson as a non-profit organisation called 'The Surfing Museum' in 2003.
200 m · museum in Braunton, Devon, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Ash Barton Estate
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.
2.4 km · Grade II* listed building in Braunton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St George
St George's Church is the Anglican parish church for the village of Georgeham in Devon. Dedicated to Saint George, the 13th-century church comes under the Diocese of Exeter and has been designated a Grade I listed building since 25 February 1965.
3.9 km · Grade I listed church in Georgeham, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Braunton
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 65 km · Bristol (BRS), 105 km · Birmingham (BHX), 223 km
- Cardiff → Braunton80 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · £19–26
- Bristol → Braunton115 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £15–20
- London → Braunton284 km · quickest by road, 5h 23m · £30–40
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No local-transport research exists yet for Braunton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Braunton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextPassenger ferries to Lundy Island Exmoor National Park lies 4 miles to the east by road from Ilfracombe Dartmoor National Park is about 1 hour's drive to the south.
From Wikivoyage: Ilfracombe, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Braunton
Braunton is 59 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.