Okehampton is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor, and had a population of 5,922 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards are based in the town. Their joint population at the same census was 7,500. Okehampton is 21 miles west of Exeter, 26 miles north of Plymouth and 24 miles south of Barnstaple.