The South West Peninsula League was formed following an amalgamation of the South Western League and the Devon County Football League in June 2007.
The league consists of 3 divisions:-
Premier Division Clubs from throughout Devon & Cornwall and placed at Step 6 of the National League System
Division 1 East Clubs all from Devon and placed at Step 7 of the National League System
Division 1 West Clubs of which the majority come from Cornwall and the others from West Devon and placed at Step 7 of the National League System.

At the end of each season
One club can be promoted from the Premier Division to the Western League Premier, the bottom 2 clubs can be relegated to Division 1 East & West.
One club from each of Division 1 East & West can be promoted to the Premier Division. The bottom side in each of the Division 1's can be relegated to 1 of 6 feeder leagues beneath the league.
In addition the league runs a knock-out Cup Competition that involves all member clubs with the first & second rounds played on a regional basis before the last 16 clubs compete over the whole 2 county area.