Welcome to St. Giles on the Heath

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Introduction

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. In 2001 its population was 617, significantly higher than the 258 residents it had in 1901. The village is part of Broadheath electoral ward. At the 2011 census the population was 1,650.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area

1,854 hectares

Population

654 (2021)

Density

35 people/km2

Mean age

44.4

Ward

Broadheath

District

Torridge

Postcodes

PL15

ONS ID

E04003290


Council

Contact details for St. Giles on the Heath Parish Council, including current councillors, precept data and election results.

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Education

View educational establishments in St. Giles on the Heath Parish. Data includes OFSTED rating and current appointed governors.

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Business

Business directory listing local businesses operating within St. Giles on the Heath Parish.

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Planning

View recent planning applications submitted for St. Giles on the Heath Parish.

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Property

Price paid data for all property sold in St. Giles on the Heath Parish since 2018. Includes average prices for each property type.

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Heritage

Local heritage sites, historic churches, heritage pubs plus local heritage initiatives for St. Giles on the Heath Parish.

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Local News

Quirky former hotel in tourist hotspot to become apartments

Hosted and licensed by Devon Live

Quirky former hotel in tourist hotspot to become apartments

Published: 30th Oct 2023

St Giles-on-the-Heath officially opens its new community shop

Hosted and licensed by Cornish & Devon Post

St Giles-on-the-Heath officially opens its new community shop

Published: 21st Jan 2009

Airband progressing with fibre broadband rollout in Devon and Somerset - News

Hosted and licensed by Devon County Council

Airband progressing with fibre broadband rollout in Devon and Somerset - News

Published: 23rd Sep 2021