Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon area of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the joint with the A3072 road to Tiverton, concerning 7 miles (11 kilometres) north west of Exeter. It has a population of 6,837, increasing to 7,835 at the 2011 Census. Crediton has 2 electoral wards (Boniface and Lawrence). The mixed population of these wards at the 2011 Census was 7,600. The community is located in the narrow vale of the River Creedy, between two high hillsides and also is separated right into 2 parts, the north or old town (Peoples park, QECC and so on) and also the south and east or new community. (QECC Barnfield, Saxon Close etc.) In the very early 20th century shoe-making, sun tanning, farming profession, tin-plating as well as the manufacture of confectionery and cider had superseded the previous huge woollen as well as serge sectors. The creamery and dairy in Crediton has actually always lain beside the church, however to allow its item to be dispersed better, the firm ran a transportation depot that lay in the goods lawn of the train station. Daily, a train of 3 or even more Milk Container Wagons would certainly be filled up from lorries, and afterwards taken to London by either the Great Western Railway or the Southern Railway. Express Dairies offered the creamery and also a similar system in Kirkcudbright, Scotland in July 2002 to Milk Web link, which both by that time produced UHT milk.