Chulmleigh is a small Saxon hilltop market community as well as civil parish located in North Devon in the heart of the English county of Devon. It lies 20 miles (32 km) north west of Exeter, just north of the Mid Devon boundary, connected by the A377 as well as B3096 roads. The church is surrounded, clockwise from the north by the churches of King's Nympton, Romansleigh, Meshaw, East Worlington, Chawleigh, Wembworthy (a short boundary just), Ashreigney, Burrington, and also Chittlehamholt. In 2001 the population of the parish was 1,308, decreasing to 1,017 at the 2011 census. A selecting ward with the very same name also exists whose overall population at the very same census was 2,081. Chulmleigh has some very old style with lots of cob and also thatched structures. It is located near the Tarka Railway Line. King's Nympton Train Station is within the parish, although it is around 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town, and Eggesford station is closer to the town. Chulmleigh has a maintained fire station which belongs to Devon and Somerset Fire and also Rescue Service. The senior high school is Chulmleigh Community College, it has actually been amongst the greatest in Devon's GCSE organization tables. The community's club is the Old Court House. on South Molton Street. The parish church is St Mary Magdalene. Neighborhood businesses and also organisations include a health center, a dental expert, a butcher, Chulmleigh Cricket Club, Winston Pincombe, a delicatessens, an antiques shop, a floral designers, a hair and salon, a bakery and Chulmleigh Fairway.