| Static Image: | Badgworthy Water Malmsmead.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Malmsmead Bridge and the old ford |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.217°N -3.733°W |
| Official Name: | Malmsmead |
| Civil Parish: | Brendon and Countisbury |
| Civil Parish2: | Oare |
| Shire District: | North Devon |
| Shire District2: | Somerset West and Taunton |
| Shire County: | Devon |
| Shire County2: | Somerset |
| Region: | South West England |
| Post Town: | LYNTON |
| Postcode District: | EX35 6 |
| Postcode Area: | EX |
| Os Grid Reference: | SS790478 |
| Map Type: | UK |
Malmsmead is a hamlet on the border between the English counties of Devon and Somerset. The nearest town is Lynton, which lies approximately west of the hamlet. The hamlet is situated in the Doone Valley within the Exmoor National Park.[1] [2]
The border between the counties is along Badgworthy Water, which is crossed by the 17th-century Malmsmead Bridge and an even older adjacent ford. Badgworthy Water is also the boundary between the parishes of Oare (Somerset) and Brendon and Countisbury (Devon).
Malmsmead is both on the route of the Coleridge Way and Samaritans Way South West. Just to the north of the hamlet, Badgworthy Water merges with Oare Water to form the East Lyn River that flows into the sea at Lynmouth.