 The ward contains the villages of Dousland, Meavy, Sheepstor and Walkhampton, and also Burrator Reservoir which is the main water supply for Plymouth.The parish is twinned with the municipality of Mathieu, in Normandy, France.The parish of Burrator is named after Burra Tor, a large granite tor that spills from the field to the woodland by the dam; located at Grid Reference 553679 at the southern end of the reservoir and about halfway between its two dams blocking the outlets to the River Meavy and the Sheepstor Brook.