Bridgerule is a village and civil parish in Devon, England, a mile from the border with Cornwall.

The parish is divided by the River Tamar, which no longer forms the border between Devon and Cornwall there.

The population at the 2011 census was 1,734[1] Bridgerule was mentioned (as Brige) in the Domesday Book in 1086, when the local manor was held by a Norman, Ruald Adobed.

[3] Whitstone and Bridgerule railway station on the line from Okehampton to Bude served the village, opening in 1898 and closing in 1966.

The vicar's daughter, Emmeline Maria Kingdon, who was born here in 1817 went on to be a notable head teacher.