Newton Abbot

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Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. It lies near the River Teign and Whitelake, approximately 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Plymouth, 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Exeter, and 40 miles (64 km) north-northeast of Taunton. It had a population of 26,746 at the 2021 census, which was previously estimated at 26,655 in 2019. Newton Abbot grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the South Devon Railway locomotive works. This later became a major steam engine shed, retained to service British Railways diesel locomotives until 1981. It now houses the Brunel industrial estate. The town has a race course nearby, the most westerly in England, and a country park, Decoy.

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