Marwood | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Devon#UK |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | England |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Devon |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | North Devon |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | GST |
Utc Offset1: | +0:00 |
Marwood is a village in North Devon 3.5miles north of Barnstaple.[1] The village contains 20acres of ornamental gardens open to the public, known as Marwood Hill Gardens. The gardens were developed by Jimmy Smart, who died in 2002. There is a tea-room.
An electoral ward with the same name exists whose population at the 2011 census was 1,879.[2]
On an island in the middle lake at Marwood Hill Gardens[3] is a sculpture of a mother and children by John Robinson, who also sculpted the font-cover in the 13th-century church at Marwood. A bronze sculpture of two swans arising from the lower lake was created by Jonathan Cox.