Crediton is a town as well as civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the joint with the A3072 road to Tiverton, about 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 two selecting wards (Boniface and Lawrence). The mixed population of these wards at the 2011 Census was 7,600. The community is situated in the slim vale of the River Creedy, in between 2 high hills and is separated into 2 components, the north or old town (Peoples park, QECC and so on) and also the south as well as east or brand-new town. (QECC Barnfield, Saxon Close etc.) In the early 20th century shoe-making, sun tanning, farming profession, tin-plating and the manufacture of confectionery as well as cider had superseded the previous big woollen and serge sectors. The creamery and also milk in Crediton has actually constantly lain next to the church, yet to enable its item to be distributed additionally, the business ran a transportation depot that was located in the goods backyard of the train terminal. Each day, a train of 3 or more Milk Storage Tank Wagons would be loaded from lorries, and after that required to London by either the Great Western Railway or the Southern Railway. Express Dairies marketed the creamery and a comparable unit in Kirkcudbright, Scotland in July 2002 to Milk Link, which both by that time produced UHT milk.