Knowle is a village near Braunton located on the A361 road between Ilfracombe and Barnstaple in North Devon, England.

[citation needed] At the time there was a push for people from the Midlands to relocate to ease the housing issues under a policy known as overspill.

Knowle had two churches; C of E at the top of the hill (closed) and a Methodist hall in the middle of the village.

In the 1960s there was a small shop by the main road, separate post office, garage and a pub.

About 0.5 miles from the village, at Winsham, there were three farms who maintained the fields with arable and dairy stocks.