Kentisbury
The parish of Kentisbury straddles the boundary of the National Park on its western edge. The settlement is scattered and the parish contains the hamlets of Patchole and Kentisbury Ford. Most of the settlement lies outside of the National Park, but the parish church and a few farmhouses and cottages are within the boundary. It is combined with Trentishoe as a civil parish.
Area: 1296ha; area in National Park 568ha
Population 2001 census: 266; occupied households: 111
County: Devon; District: North Devon; Ward: Bratton Fleming
Meaning of place name: rounded hill with a fort. There is an Iron Age hill slope enclosure on Kentisbury Down.
Kentisbury Barton
| From 2001 census | Kentisbury | Exmoor average | England average |
| population density: persons per hectare | 0.20 | 0.16 | 3.45 |
| % of population 15yrs old and under | 15.7 | 14.9 | 20.15 |
| % of population 60 yrs old and older | 22.1 | 25.95 | 20.75 |
| % males/ % females | 54/46 | 48/52 | 48/52 |
| average persons per occupied household | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces | 4.7 | 9.92 | 0.64 |
| % population change since 1991 census | -9 (with Trentishoe) | +2 | +4 |
Kentisbury Primary School
Kentisbury Village Hall
Kentisbury War Memorial