Digby, Devon

Digby was a hamlet on the eastern edge of the city of Exeter in Devon, England, located by Clyst Heath.

Digby
South Grange, the former Digby Hospital building
Digby Location within Devon
OS grid reference	SX9591
District	Exeter
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EXETER
Postcode district	EX2
Dialling code	01392
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Exeter
List of places UK England Devon 50.711667°N 3.477778°W / 50.711667; -3.477778

Between 1886 and 1987 it was the location of Exeter Lunatic Asylum, later known as Digby Hospital.^[1] Today it is mainly an area of housing, out-of-town retail and light industrial developments on the outskirts of the city with new developments of a McDonald’s on the edge of the Tesco supermarket served by a frequent bus services on areas of Digby which mainly transports people into the city centre but also has Digby and Sowton railway station which has a high importance to the people living in Digby.