Digby

Digby is a hamlet on the eastern edge of the city of in , England, located by . Between 1886 and 1987 it was the location of Exeter Lunatic Asylum, later known as Digby Hospital.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb in Exeter, Devon, UK
  • Also known as: “Digby Park” and “Digby, Devon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Digby and Sowton railway station and Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School.

Railway station
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Digby & Sowton is a railway station on the Avocet Line of the Devon Metro in , England.

School
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Railway station
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is the newest railway station on the Avocet Line, serving the area of , United Kingdom. The station is sited between and and was opened to passenger traffic on 4 June 2015.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clyst Heath and Newcourt.

Locality
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Today is a suburb to the south east of the city of , , England. An area of relatively high ground to the west of the River Clyst, it remained heathland until the early nineteenth century when it was cultivated for the first time.

Suburb
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is a suburb of and in , England, located between Digby and Topsham. It has a and forms part of the electoral ward of Topsham. Other local amenities include a school and a community centre.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Digby

Latitude
50.71104° or 50° 42′ 40″ north
Longitude
-3.47693° or 3° 28′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C2RPG6F+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10288526277
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q11694208
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Digby” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “迪格比”
  • Dutch: “Digby, Devon”
  • French: “Digby”
  • Polish: “Digby (Devon)”
  • Polish: “Digby”
  • Welsh: “Digby, Dyfnaint”

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Localities in the Area

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