Newton Abbot
Town in Teignbridge District, Devon, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the town. For the parliamentary constituency, see Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency).
Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its population was 24,029 in 2011, and was estimated at 26,655 in 2019.[1] It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the South Devon Railway locomotive works. This later became a major steam engine shed, retained to service British Railways diesel locomotives until 1981. It now houses the Brunel industrial estate. The town has a race course nearby, the most westerly in England,[2] and a country park, Decoy.[3] It is twinned with Besigheim in Germany and Ay in France.
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View over central Newton Abbot taken from Wolborough Hill, July 2005 | |
Location within Devon | |
Population | 25,556 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SX860713 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWTON ABBOT |
Postcode district | TQ12 |
Dialling code | 01626 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
50.529°N 3.610°W / 50.529; -3.610 |
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