Wrafton

Wrafton

Wrafton is a village on the outskirts of Braunton in North Devon, England. It is the location of Wrafton Laboratories. RAF Chivenor is immediately adjacent to the south.

The village had a railway station on the now-closed Ilfracombe Branch Line. The Tarka Trail follows the course of the dismantled railway through Wrafton.


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