Clyst Honiton

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Clyst Honiton
Devon

St Michael and All Angels, Clyst Honiton
Location
Grid reference: SX987936
Location: 50°44’0"N, 3°26’9"W
Data
Post town: Exeter
Postcode: EX5
Local Government
Council: East Devon
Parliamentary
constituency:
Tiverton and Honiton

Clyst Honiton (or Honiton Clyst)[1] is an village in eastern Devon five miles east of Exeter. The village was originally on the main A30 road from Exeter to Honiton but was bypassed in the 1990s.[2] Another bypass to the east of the village linking the A30 to the new developments around Cranbrook opened in October 2013.[3]

Exeter Airport which opened in 1938 is located on the outskirts of the village.

The parish church is St Michael and All Angels.[4]

Popular culture

The village is mentioned in the Robyn Hitchcock song "Goodnight I Say".

See also

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Clyst Honiton)

References

  1. http://www.devon.gov.uk/historicclysthoniton
  2. Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. pp. 47. ISBN 1-84114-314-6. 
  3. "Vital bypass now open". Devon County Council news centre. 3 October 2013. http://www.devonnewscentre.info/vital-bypass-now-open/#. Retrieved 16 November 2013. 
  4. Church of St Michael – Clyst Honiton - British Listed Buildings