Woodbury, Devon
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| Population | 1,605 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SY011872 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | EX5 |
| Dialling code | 01395 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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Woodbury is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, 7 miles (11 km) south east of the city of Exeter. It is a commuter village and is primarily residential, since the majority of the workforce commute to Exeter. The parish, which has a population of 3,466 recounted for the village alone of 1,605 at the 2011 Census, lies on the east bank of the Exe Estuary, has borders – clockwise from the estuary – with the district of Exeter (near to Topsham) and then the parishes of Clyst St George, Clyst St Mary, Farringdon, Colaton Raleigh, Bicton and Lympstone.Woodbury is part of the electoral ward of Woodbury and Lympstone whose population at the 2011 Census was 5,260.
The village itself lies about four miles north of the centre of Exmouth on the B3179 road between Clyst St George and Budleigh Salterton. About two miles to the north lies the east-west A3052 road and about 1.5 miles to the west of the village the A376 road that follows the Exe Estuary from Exeter down to Exmouth passes through the parish. The small settlements of Ebford and Exton are on this road.
Woodbury Castle is an Iron Age fort on Woodbury Common.
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