[1] The neighbouring parishes are Satterleigh and Warkleigh to the north, King's Nympton to the east, Chulmleigh to the south east, Burrington to the south, and High Bickington in Torridge district to the west.

[2] The River Taw forms the southern and western boundary of the parish, and the A377 road from Barnstaple to Exeter skirts the parish on the far side of the river.

They include two bridges, the church of St John Baptist, a Gospel Hall, Chittlehamholt Manor, the Exeter Inn (a 16th-century coaching inn)[5] and houses and farm buildings.

[6] The hamlet of Chittlehamholt was originally a clearing in woods where residents of Chittlehampton collected logs.

[5] The parish church of St John the Baptist is part of the South Molton Mission Community within the Diocese of Exeter.