Broadclyst is a village and civil parish in the East Devon local government district. It lies approximately 5 miles northeast of the city of

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

, Devon, England, on the B3181. In 2001 its population was 2,830, reducing at the 2011 Census to 1,467. An

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with the same name exists whose population at the above census was 4,842.

Parish church

Its church is 15th century, with an ancient cross. It has many battlements, pinnacles and gargoyles. According to the

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, in the year 1001, the manor at Broad Clyst was burned down by

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invaders.

Communications

On 16 October 1975, the nearby M5 opened and the

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that ran through the village became quiet, later being reclassified B3181.

Broadclyst railway station Broad Clyst railway station is a disused railway station on the West of England Main Line which served the nearby village of Broadclyst from 1860 until its closure in 1966. History Constructed by the London and South Western Railway to the Go ...

was opened in 1860 by the London and South Western Railway on its London Waterloo to Exeter line. It closed in 1966 but some of the buildings remain.

Amenities and historic buildings

Killerton House, a National Trust property, is close to the village. The

Clyst Vale Community College Clyst Vale Community College is a school in Broadclyst, East Devon near Exeter in England, UK. Since April 2011 it has been an academy. The school is a Microsoft partnership school and therefore specialises in ICT as well as Mathematics and Sci ...

secondary school is located in Dog Village.
Broadclyst Cricket Club
play within the grounds of th
Killerton Estate
They have been playing here since 1974. Churchill Farm is the origin of the name of the

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family.

Marker's Cottage

Marker's Cottage, in the Townend part of the village, is a Grade II* listed building and a National Trust property, named after Sarah Marker, its resident about 200 years ago. It has cob walls and a thatched roof, and was built in the 15th century with later alterations. Oak screens between the hall and parlour are painted with images, dated stylistically 1470–1510; there is a large stair turret, built in the 17th century."Behind the door of Marker's"
The National Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

Twinning

Broadclyst has been twinned since 2006 with the French village of

Plobannalec-Lesconil Plobannalec-Lesconil (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Plobannalec-Lesconil are called in French ''Lesconilois'' or ''Plobannalecois''. See also *Communes of the Fini ...

, in southern Finistère in Brittany, which was formalized in 2010.

References

External links

Broadclyst Parish Website

Broadclyst at GENUKI

{{authority control Villages in Devon East Devon District