Marwood is a village in North Devon 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Barnstaple.^[1] The village contains 20 acres (81,000 m²) 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.