Crediton is a town as well as civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It bases on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple roadway at the joint with the A3072 road to Tiverton, regarding 7 miles (11 kilometres) north west of Exeter. It has a population of 6,837, raising to 7,835 at the 2011 Census. Crediton has two selecting wards (Boniface and Lawrence). The consolidated population of these wards at the 2011 Census was 7,600. The town is positioned in the narrow vale of the River Creedy, between 2 high hillsides and also is separated into 2 components, the north or old town (Peoples park, QECC and so on) and the south and also eastern or brand-new town. (QECC Barnfield, Saxon Close and so on) In the very early 20th century shoe-making, sun tanning, agricultural trade, tin-plating and the manufacture of confectionery as well as cider had superseded the previous large woollen as well as serge sectors. The creamery and also dairy in Crediton has actually constantly been located beside the church, but to allow its product to be distributed further, the company ran a transport depot that was located in the goods lawn of the train terminal. Daily, a train of three or more Milk Container Wagons would certainly be filled from trucks, and then taken to London by either the Great Western Railway or the Southern Railway. Express Dairies sold the creamery and a similar device in Kirkcudbright, Scotland in July 2002 to Milk Web link, which both already produced UHT milk.