Twitchen
Twitchen parish straddles the boundary of the National Park on its southern edge.
Area: 1215ha; area in National Park: 652ha
Population 2001 census: 70; occupied households: 30
County: Devon; District: North Devon; Ward: Bishops Nympton
Meaning of place name: crossways or fork in the road, from the Old English twicene.
View of Twitchen from Cussacombe
| From 2001 census | Twitchen | Exmoor average | England average |
| population density: persons per hectare | 0.06 | 0.16 | 3.45 |
| % of population 15yrs old and under | 18.9 (with Molland) | 14.9 | 20.15 |
| % of population 60 yrs old and older | 20.4 (with Molland) | 25.95 | 20.75 |
| % males/ % females | 50/50 (with Molland) | 48/52 | 48/52 |
| average persons per occupied household | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces | 5.1 (with Molland) | 9.92 | 0.64 |
| % population change since 1991 census | -12 | +2 | +4 |
Twitchen churchyard