page_title: Cullompton
section_title: Sports and leisure facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Cullompton / Sports and leisure / Sports and leisure facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Cullompton Sportshall The centre for future budding athletes... https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1092857
context_page_description: Cullompton is a town and civil parish in the district of Mid Devon and the county of Devon, England. It is 13 miles north-east of Exeter and lies on the River Culm. In 2011 the parish as a whole had a population of 8,499 while the built-up area of the town had a population of 7,439
  The earliest evidence of occupation is from the Roman period – there was a fort on the hill above the town and occupation in the current town centre. Columtune was mentioned in Alfred the Great's will which left it to his youngest son Aethelweard.
  In the past the town's economy had a large component of wool and cloth manufacture, then later leather working and paper manufacture.
  A large proportion of town's inhabitants are commuters but there is some local manufacturing, including flour and paper mills. It has a monthly farmers' market held on the second Saturday of every month which is the oldest event of its kind in the South West. It is home to two grade I listed buildings: the fifteenth-century St Andrew's parish church and the seventeenth-century house known as The Walronds.
context_section_description: The town has a sports centre, Culm Valley Sports Centre, which is currently run by Mid Devon District Council. It was opened in 1985 and facilities include a fitness studio, an all-weather pitch, a sports hall, squash courts and a sauna. The town is also home to Padbrook Park – a golf course and sporting and recreational centre which first opened in March 1992. The facilities include a Parkland Golf Course, a Golf School, a 40-bedroom hotel, conference suites, health & fitness centre, indoor bowls, fishing lake, beauty salon, restaurants and a sports bar
caption: Culm Valley Sports Centre
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