| Cranbrook | |
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 New buildings in Cranbrook | |
  Cranbrook Location within Devon | |
| Population | 6,743 (as of March 2021) |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EXETER |
| Postcode district | EX5 |
| Dialling code | 01404 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Cranbrook is a new town being developed in East Devon, England, which at the 2021 census, had a population of 6,743 residents across 8 "phases". However, the town is growing at a fast pace.[1] It is located 6 mi (9 km) east-north-east of Exeter and north-west of Rockbeare, between the B3174 road (London Road and former A30) and the West of England Main Line railway. The civil parish was formed on 1 April 2015.[2]
The ideas and requirements to construct houses on greenfield land in the area were first proposed in 1995, and appeared in both the Devon 2001-2016 Structure Plan and the East Devon Local Plan 1995-2001. The first houses were occupied as St Martin's C of E Primary school was completed in 2012[3] and at least 500 houses had been occupied by December 2013.[3][4] As of March 2021, the Cranbrook Parish had rapidly grown to a population of 6,743.[1]
In September 2018, Cranbrook hosted the start of Stage 2 of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain cycle race.[5]
- ^ a b "Cranbrook (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "The Cranbrook (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order. 2015" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Creating Cranbrook" (PDF). East Devon Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "People power - Cranbrook community star in short film". East Devon Council. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "OVO Tour of Britain: Day 2 Highlights". British Cycling. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2024.