The Parish Council are very pleased to have a new temporary Clerk and would like to welcome her to our Village.
Vicki has over twenty years of clerking experience and we are looking forward to working with her 
Her email address is : ​​clerk@ashfordpc.org.uk
ASHFORD is a small settlement 1.5 miles from the main north Devon town of Barnstaple and when the last Register of Electors was prepared, had an adult population showing 241.

​The village faces South and has very pleasant views of the River Taw as it flows along the estuary to it's confluence with the Torridge river and the Atlantic Ocean. Ashford has a different origin to other place-names called Ashford, the origin being "ash-tree enclosure" Old English æsc "ash tree" and worō / worth "enclosure". The name was recorded as Aiscawurde in 1182.
 
The OS grid reference is SS5335.
It is served by North Devon Council as the Local Authority and Devon County Council.
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Police:                    Devon and Cornwall
Fire:                        Devon and Somerset
Ambulance:          South Western
ASHFORD PARISH COUNCIL ​COMMUNITY DEFIBRILLATOR
​IS SITUATED ON THE WALL OF THE CHURCH HALL,  
​ADDER LANE. EX31 4BY
SAFE DRIVING IN ASHFORD
Modern life seems to mean we are always rushing around in order  to complete our daily pursuits but please do remember that our roads are narrow and that almost all the junctions to side roads and many house drives have poor visibility. FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL USERS OF OUR VILLAGE ROADS ALWAYS KEEP YOUR SPEED APPROPRIATE TO THE TYPE OF ROAD YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG AND OBEY SPEED LIMIT WARNINGS AT ALL TIMES.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN
To view click the button below. Also recorded in the Parish Council - Financial documents page.