Ashwater

{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Ashwater Church (geograph 2701494).jpg

|static_image_caption=St Peter's church

|coordinates = {{coord|50.73|-04.29|display=inline,title}}

|official_name =Ashwater

|population =

|shire_district=Torridge

|shire_county= Devon

|metropolitan_borough=

| metropolitan_county =

|region=South West England

|constituency_westminster=Torridge and West Devon

|post_town= BEAWORTHY

|postcode_district = EX21

|postcode_area= EX

|dial_code=01409

|os_grid_reference= SX3895

}}

Ashwater is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly (Boscastle & Holsworthy)|ISBN= 9780319231456 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}{{cite web|title=Ashwater - Introduction|url=http://www.ashwaterparish.org.uk|website=www.ashwaterparish.org.uk|publisher=Atwater Parish Council|access-date=3 March 2016}} According to the 2001 census it had a population of 651 that had risen to 673 by the 2011 census.{{cite web|title=Key Statistics for 2001 Census: Ashwater (Parish)|url=https://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120162&c=ashwater&d=16&e=15&g=6417179&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1456991635516&enc=1|website=www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=3 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=Key Statistics for 2011 Census: Ashwater (Parish)|url=https://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120162&c=ashwater&d=16&e=62&g=6417179&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1456991493250&enc=1|website=www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=3 March 2016}} It is close to the Cornish border, and is about 10 miles north of Launceston.

The church is thirteenth century, with fifteenth-century windows, with an arcade that mixes the two periods. The decorated font is Norman, described by Mee as "a great treasure".{{cite book|title=The King's England: Devon|first1=A.|last1=Mee|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|date=1965|page=24}} The former rectory is a Grade II listed building.{{NHLE |num=1317694 |desc=THE OLD RECTORY INCLUDING GARDEN WALL ADJOINING AT REAR|access-date=31 December 2018}}