Exton, Devon
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Exton | |
Devon | |
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The Puffing Billy pub in Exton | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | SX984863 |
Location: | 50°40’5"N, 3°26’17"W |
Data | |
Post town: | Exeter |
Postcode: | EX3 |
Dialling code: | 01392 |
Local Government | |
Council: | East Devon |
Parliamentary constituency: |
East Devon |
Exton is a village in eastern Devon, on the east side of the broad estuary of the River Exe, from which it takes its name, five miles south-east of Exeter city centre.
The village is served by Exton railway station, for which there is an hourly train service to either Exeter Central or to Exmouth.
Facilities include a couple of bed and breakfasts, a church, a village hall, a petrol station and a pub restaurant and hostelry called the Puffing Billy.
Also nearby is the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines
Outside links
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Exton, Devon) |