{"id":4281,"date":"2023-04-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=4281"},"modified":"2025-03-02T11:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T11:01:06","slug":"79-lions-holt-to-r-a-f-exeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/79-lions-holt-to-r-a-f-exeter\/","title":{"rendered":"79 Lion’s Holt to R.A.F. Exeter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some of the places closest to home and easiest to scout are often overlooked.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1906, the London & South Western Railway opened three main line halts in Exeter and began a steam “rail motor car” service between Queen Street Station (today’s Central) and Honiton, perhaps a forerunner of today’s “Devon Metro.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. James Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lion’s Holt Halt was named after a field where sprung the water for Exeter’s underground passages. The halt was renamed St. James Park, after Exeter City’s football ground, in 1946, by which time it was the only survivor of the three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n