Original: For the Harry Potter character , see John Dawlish Dawlish ( ) is a town on the south coast of Devon , England , 12 miles from the County town of Exeter , with a population of around 13,000 people .
Simplified: Dawlish ( ) is a town on the south coast of Devon , England , 12 miles from the County town of Exeter , with a population of around 13,000 people .