Clyst Honiton | |
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![]() Clyst Honiton Church | |
Location within
Devon | |
Population | 295 (2001 census) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Clyst Honiton (or Honiton Clyst) [1] is an English village and civil parish five miles from Exeter in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon. [2] The church is St Michael and All Angels. [3] [4] Exeter International Airport which opened in 1938 is located on the outskirts of the village. [5] The village was originally on the main A30 road from Exeter to Honiton but was bypassed in the 1990s. [6] Another bypass to the east of the village linking the A30 to the new developments around Cranbrook opened in October 2013. [7]
The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Broad Clyst, Rockbeare, Aylesbeare, Farringdon and Sowton. [8] In 2001 its population was 295. [9]
The village is mentioned in the Robyn Hitchcock song " Goodnight I Say".