[1] It includes the villages of Horwood and Newton Tracey and the hamlet of Lovacott.
[2][3] The neighbouring parishes are Fremington to the north; Tawstock to the east; Yarnscombe (in Torridge district) to the south east; Alverdiscott (Torridge district) to the south; Westleigh and Instow to the west.
The Church of St Michael in Horwood is Grade I listed;[5] the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Newton Tracey and Hoopers Cottage in Horwood (a house dated c.1600) are Grade II*,[6][7] and the remaining houses, gravestones, and farm buildings are Grade II.
[8] The two Anglican parish churches are in the Diocese of Exeter.
[9][10] Horwood And Newton Tracey Community Primary School serves the area and is located at Lovacott.