Broadclyst

Broadclyst is a village and civil parish in the East Devon local government district. It lies approximately northeast of the city of Exeter, Devon, England, on the B3181. In 2011 its population was 1,467, increasing at the 2021 Census to 1,552. An electoral ward with the same name exists whose population at the above census was 7,083.

==Parish church== thumb|Broadclyst church Its church is 15th century, with an ancient cross. It has many battlements, pinnacles and gargoyles. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in the year 1001, the manor at Broad Clyst was burned down by Danish invaders.