Exmoor parish
Exmoor parish lies in the centre of the National Park within Somerset. It is the largest and most sparsely populated parish on Exmoor, with Simonsbath as its main settlement. The village and its church are the highest on Exmoor. The area was extraparochial until 1856.
Area: 8207ha; area in National Park 8207ha
Population 2001 census: 204; occupied households: 78
County: Somerset; District: West Somerset; Ward: Exmoor
Meaning of place name: the moor on which the River Exe rises. Exe comes from the Latin Isca, meaning a river, and moor is a Saxon word for a wet area,
Simonsbath House and the River Barle
| From 2001 census | Exmoor | Exmoor average | England average |
| population density: persons per hectare | 0.02 | 0.16 | 3.45 |
| % of population 15yrs old and under | 21.3 | 14.9 | 20.15 |
| % of population 60 yrs old and older | 20.3 | 25.95 | 20.75 |
| % males/ % females | 50/50 | 48/52 | 48/52 |
| average persons per occupied household | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces | 14.5 | 9.92 | 0.64 |
| % population change since 1991 census | +1 | +2 | +4 |
Simonsbath from Mount Pleasant