Exton, Devon

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Exton
Devon

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)