Pilton West is a rural civil parish of North Devon, England, immediately north-west of the suburb of Pilton in the town of Barnstaple. In 2019, the population of Pilton West was 253, and its area was around 1.6 square miles (4.16 square kilometres).[1] The parish is older than the national average — 28% of the local residents are over 65, compared to 18% of the British population — and it is overwhelmingly white, with the 2011 census finding that all but one of the parish's residents identified themselves as white.[1] It elects a parish council, the clerk of which is Geoff Dwyer.[2]

Pilton West
A weir and sluice gate on Bradiford Water in Tutshill Wood, in Pilton West
Pilton West Location within Devon
Population	253 (2019)
Civil parish	Pilton West
District	North Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNSTAPLE
Postcode district	EX31
Dialling code	01271
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Devon
List of places UK England Devon 51.0956°N 4.0734°W / 51.0956; -4.0734

The parish spans a wide tract of land to the north-west of Barnstaple, from the River Yeo and Smoky House Lane in the east to the banks of the River Taw's estuary and a short section of the A361 road in the south-west.[3] The A39 road — named here as Shirwell Road — and Upcott Hill run north-south through the parish, connecting it with Pilton proper.[3] There is also a north-south right of way that follows the path of a rivulet called the Colm Stream or Bradiford Water, and next to the right of way, a copse called Tutshill Woods.[3] One traveller reports that Tutshill Woods is a popular dog-walking spot.[4]

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