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Rewe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It lies on the river Culm, 5 miles (8 km) north of the city of Exeter and 9 miles (14 km) south of the town of Tiverton. Rewe is a linear village, with most of its buildings lying along the A396 road about 1 mile (1.6 km) 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 (as of 2009^[update]) is Exeter St Davids. Before its closure, Stoke Canon station was the nearest.

Rewe
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rewe
Rewe Location within Devon
Population	378 (civil parish, 2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SX9499
Civil parish	Rewe
District	East Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EXETER
Postcode district	EX5
Dialling code	01392
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Central Devon
List of places UK England Devon 50.784°N 3.497°W / 50.784; -3.497

The parish church is the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, built around 1450 in the Perpendicular Gothic style.

The hamlet of Up Exe (or Upexe) lies close to the River Exe about 2 miles (3 km) 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.

External links

• Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, 1902. Quoted by genuki.
• Rewe CP (Parish), Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics.
• Rewe Parish Church on the Netherexe Parishes site.

Media related to Rewe at Wikimedia Commons

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