Country: | England |
Official Name: | Rewe |
Static Image: | St Mary the Virgin's Church in Rewe, Devon.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 180px |
Static Image Caption: | Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rewe |
Coordinates: | 50.784°N -3.497°W |
Civil Parish: | Rewe |
Population: | 378 |
Population Ref: | (civil parish, 2001 Census) |
Region: | South West England |
Post Town: | EXETER |
Postcode District: | EX5 |
Postcode Area: | EX |
Dial Code: | 01392 |
Os Grid Reference: | SX9499 |
Rewe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It lies on the river Culm, 5miles north of the city of Exeter and 9miles south of the town of Tiverton. Rewe is a linear village, with most of its buildings lying along the A396 road about 1miles north of the larger village of Stoke Canon. The Reading to Plymouth railway line also passes through the village, but there has never been a station here; the nearest operating station is Exeter St Davids. Before its closure, Stoke Canon station was the nearest.
The parish church is the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, built around 1450 in the Perpendicular Gothic style. The Church also contains the crest of Jane Seymour's family.
The hamlet of Up Exe (or Upexe) lies close to the River Exe about 2miles north of the village of Rewe and is included in Rewe civil parish, although it is closer to Silverton. Up Exe Halt railway station was on the Exe Valley Railway Line, which closed in 1963.