Crediton is a community and civil parish in the Mid Devon area of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple roadway at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, regarding 7 miles (11 km) north west of Exeter. It has a population of 6,837, enhancing to 7,835 at the 2011 Census. Crediton has 2 electoral wards (Boniface and Lawrence). The combined population of these wards at the 2011 Census was 7,600. The community is located in the slim vale of the River Creedy, between 2 steep hillsides as well as is split right into two parts, the north or old town (Peoples park, QECC and so on) and the south as well as eastern or brand-new town. (QECC Barnfield, Saxon Close and so on) In the very early 20th century shoe-making, sun tanning, farming trade, tin-plating and also the manufacture of confectionery and also cider had actually superseded the former large woollen and also serge markets. The creamery as well as dairy in Crediton has always been located next to the church, but to enable its product to be dispersed better, the firm ran a transport depot that lay in the goods backyard of the railway terminal. Each day, a train of 3 or even more Milk Container Wagons would certainly be filled from lorries, and then required to London by either the Great Western Railway or the Southern Railway. Express Dairies offered the creamery and a similar system in Kirkcudbright, Scotland in July 2002 to Milk Web link, which both by that time created UHT milk.