Minehead
Minehead is the largest settlement within the Exmoor area and a service centre for the Somerset part of the National Park. The town lies larely outside of the National Park boundary, which partly circles it to the south and west.
Area: 1136ha; area in National Park 440ha
Population 2001 census: 11,699; occupied households: 5113
County: Somerset; District: West Somerset; Wards: Minehead North, Minehead South
Meaning of place name: hill, from Old English myned or Celtic mynedd = hill
Church Steps and St Michael's Church, Minehead
| From 2001 census | Minehead | Exmoor average | England average |
| population density: persons per hectare | 10.3 | 0.16 | 3.45 |
| % of population 15yrs old and under | 15.0 | 14.9 | 20.15 |
| % of population 60 yrs old and older | 35.3 | 25.95 | 20.75 |
| % males/ % females | 47/53 | 48/52 | 48/52 |
| average persons per occupied household | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces | 2.0 | 9.92 | 0.64 |
| % population change since 1991 census | -2 | +2 | +4 |
The Parade, Minehead
Church Steps, Minehead
Inside Butlin's Dome, Minehead
Start of the South West Coast Path, Minehead