Chulmleigh is a small Saxon hilltop market town as well as civil parish located in North Devon in the heart of the English county of Devon. It lies 20 miles (32 kilometres) north west of Exeter, just north of the Mid Devon limit, linked by the A377 and also B3096 roadways. The church is bordered, clockwise from the north by the parishes of King's Nympton, Romansleigh, Meshaw, East Worlington, Chawleigh, Wembworthy (a brief boundary just), Ashreigney, Burrington, and Chittlehamholt. In 2001 the population of the parish was 1,308, decreasing to 1,017 at the 2011 census. An electoral ward with the very same name additionally exists whose total population at the same census was 2,081. Chulmleigh has some older architecture with many cob and thatched buildings. It lies close to the Tarka Railway Line. King's Nympton Railway Station is within the parish, although it is around 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town, as well as Eggesford station is closer to the community. Chulmleigh has actually a kept station house which belongs to Devon and Somerset Fire as well as Rescue Service. The senior high school is Chulmleigh Community College, it has been amongst the greatest in Devon's GCSE organization tables. The community's pub is the Old Court Home. on South Molton Street. The parish church is St Mary Magdalene. Regional services and organisations include an university hospital, a dental expert, a butcher, Chulmleigh Cricket Club, Winston Pincombe, a delicatessens, a vintages store, a floral designers, a hair and beauty salon, a bakeshop and also Chulmleigh Golf links.