Pyworthy

Pyworthy
St Swithuns church
Pyworthy
Pyworthy shown within Devon
Population	689
OS grid reference	SS313028
District	Torridge
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Dialling code	01409

Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places UK England Devon 50°48′21″N 4°23′39″W / 50.8057°N 4.39407°W / 50.8057; -4.39407Coordinates: 50°48′21″N 4°23′39″W / 50.8057°N 4.39407°W / 50.8057; -4.39407

Pyworthy is a village and civil parish in the far west of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of Torridge. The parish lies to the west of the town of Holsworthy. It is surrounded clockwise from the north-west by the parishes of Bridgerule, a small part of Pancrasweek, Holsworthy Hamlets and Holsworthy, and Clawton. Its western border follows the River Tamar which forms the county boundary with Cornwall. In 2001 its population was 689, up from 429 in 1901.

There is a 13th-century church dedicated to Saint Swithin in Pyworthy, and it is one of the few old Devon churches having a clerestory, the others being North Molton, South Molton, Cullompton, Tiverton and Poltimore.