North Molton

North Molton

North Molton is a large parish straddling the National Park boundary on its southern side. Its main settlement lies outside of the boundary but a large part of the parish is within the boundary, including the hamlet of Heasley Mill and groups of farms at North and South Radworthy, Bentwitchen and Yarde.

Area: 6089ha; area in National Park 2876ha

Population 2001 census: 1407; occupied households: 477

County: Devon; District: North Devon; Ward: North Molton

Meaning of place name: the northern settlement on the River Mole. Mole comes from the Celtic moel, meaning a bare, rounded hill. The river rises among such hills on the moor.

North Molton Bridge

North Molton bridge

From 2001 census	North Molton	Exmoor average	England average
population density: persons per hectare	0.23	0.16	3.45
% of population 15yrs old and under	19.5	14.9	20.15
% of population 60 yrs old and older	24.7	25.95	20.75
% males/ % females	49/51	48/52	48/52
average persons per occupied household	2.9	2.2	2.3
holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces	8.7	9.92	0.64
% population change since 1991 census	+1	+2	+4