Avonwick is a village in the civil parish of North Huish, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England.

The River Avon runs through the settlement and the village's name derives from avon meaning river, and wick an old word for village,[1] but it was not so named until the 1870s, previously being known as Newhouse.

[5] The village church, dedicated to St James in 1878,[6] is one of only a few proprietary chapels remaining in the country.

[1] The village also has a pub,[7] one of the oldest lawn tennis clubs in the world[8] and a garage, with a further restaurant on the road to South Brent.

[10] Avonwick railway station opened about 0.5 miles (1 kilometre) outside the village in 1893, on the branch line between South Brent and Kingsbridge.