Belmont Park, Exeter

The Newtown Community Association,[2] the Exeter Scrapstore and the Belmont Bowling Club are all located at the park.

The other part of the site belonged to Mr. Philips who ran a brickfield and refused to sell his land to the council.

[1] This was an idea by Exeter resident Daniel Manning, a gardener at the time, who later became the Devon Horticultural Superintendent.

[4] During World War 2, the Army Pay Corps installed 20 wooden huts in the park for their use.

In 2007, the Sensory Garden was restored, with new landscaping, as well as picnic tables painted by local artist Ruth Oakley and Newtown resident Gay Smith [6] In 2019 the old community centre was demolished and replaced with a new building, still run through Newton Community Association.