About the area

Newton View is a community comprising of eight detached  eco homes on the edge of the village of Newton St Cyres. It is one of the first modern housing developments in the area in many years and is built on the former site of the Newton St Cyres primary school. The village itself is a welcoming and historic Parish which lies just 5 miles from Exeter and 3 miles from Crediton.

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Surrounded by the rolling countryside of Mid Devon,  a designated Conservation Area covers some of the village, which is twinned with Rots, in Normandy, France.

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Transport links

The village has good access to road and rail networks with its own train station on the picturesque Tarka line.  The A377 main road running through the village is a major bus route with a regular timetable, with stops directly outside Newton View. 

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Exeter St David's train station is 3.7 miles from Newton View providing easy access to locations across the country, including to London Paddington in approx 2.5 hours. Exeter airport is less than10 miles away, with flights across the UK, EU and further afield. 

 

Schools

Newton St Cyres primary school is set in the heart of the village and offers first class facilities, fit for a modern education (ages 2 - 11). They offer breakfast clubs, after school activities and are rated Good by Ofsted. A wide range of secondary schools are close by in Exeter, with Exeter College and the University of Exeter providing excellent further education options. 

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Things to see and do

The village offers plenty of food choices for visitors.  Just past the Village Green is “Belluno”, an Italian Restaurant serving a wide selection of excellent food.  Travelling out of the village towards the Railway Station, is the Beer Engine gastro pub.  Heading out of the village towards Crediton is Hanlons Brewery which brews its own beer and has its own restaurant ‘The Beer Factory and Kitchen’.

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For local produce, Quickes Farm Shop sells award-winning clothbound cheddar. The Quicke family have been in Newton St Cyres since the 1500’s and are famed for their quality cheeses.  The farm also host the occasional open days and run cheese-making courses.

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The village has a recreation ground with two football pitches, a cricket pitch, golf course, and two tennis courts. Dartmoor National Park is a short distance by car, and the surrounding woodland and countryside offers excellent walking, biking and hiking opportunities. 

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Outside of the village is Bernaville Nurseries with a café and next door is the restaurant ‘The Stables at Cowley’.

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Just a few miles from Newton St Cyres lies the city of Exeter and town of Crediton. Both offer a fabulous range of restaurants and bars and a huge range of leisure amenities and activities.  

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History of the village

• ​During the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) Newton St Cyres was the site of a battle over religion and revenge.  The ‘battle of Newton St Cyres’ being the culmination of a series of other battles locally between royal protestant troops against local catholic clergy and their followers.  The leader – a Geoffry Arundel – died at Newton having sought to rescue his daughter who had been taken by the royal troops.

• During the English Civil War, Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief Sir Thomas Fairfax rested in Newton St Cyres with his army in October 1645.

• In the 1700’s, Newton St Cyres and nearby Upton Pyne were famous as sources of Manganese, supplying the United Kingdom from their mine.

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