Clyst St. Mary

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Clyst St Mary
Clyst St Mary shown within Devon
Population	642 (2004 Mid year Estimates)
OS grid reference	9097_region:GB_scale:25000 SX9736 9097
District	East Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EXETER
Postcode district	EX5
Dialling code	01392
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Tiverton and Honiton
List of places: UK • England • Devon

Coordinates: 50°42′33″N 3°27′18″W / 50.709274, -3.455029

Clyst St Mary is a small village and Civil Parish on the main Exeter to Exmouth road in East Devon. The name comes from the Celtic word clyst meaning 'clear stream'.

Clyst St. Mary contains the West of England Showground and has a small industrial estate, Langdons Business Park. The population has risen steadily over the years, it was 97 in 1801, 157 in 1901, and 642 in 2004.^[1]

Clyst St. Mary area from Donn's one inch to the mile survey of 1765.

1 Education
2 Business, Commerce & Employment Prospects
3 Twin Towns
4 External links
5 Notes

[edit] Education

Clyst St Mary has its own Primary School, Clyst St Mary Primary School. Standards of education are such that people have been known to relocate to the Clyst with a sole purpose of establishing a place for their children at the local school.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Business, Commerce & Employment Prospects

Langdons Business Park is the only industrialised area within Clyst St. Mary.

There is also a large office complex in Winslade Park, the site of an old school. The complex was initially developed by the London & Manchester group, later this site was taken over by the Friends Provident group. Apart from the refubishment of the old school (Winslade House) in the 1970's there was a development of newer buildings behind. These house the Devon region DEFRA offices (in Clyst House). Winslade Park is the name for the grounds containing Winslade House, Clyst House and the other facilities here.