Simonsbath (pronounced "Simmonsbath", with short i) is a small village high on
Exmoor in the
English county of
Somerset. It is the principal settlement in the
Exmoor civil parish, which is the largest and most sparsely populated
civil parish on Exmoor, covering nearly but with a population, at the time of the
2001 census, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the
2011 Census. The
River Exe rises from a valley to the north, and the
River Barle runs through the village and is crossed by a triple-arched medieval bridge that was extensively repaired after floods in 1952.