New artwork and a town map are to be unveiled at Honiton station by the Mayor of Honiton, Councillor Helen Hurford.

The unveiling will take place on Wednesday, December 13 at 12.30pm.

The project has been led by the Friends of Honiton Station and has seen attractive new artwork installed on the inside of the station’s footbridge and a shed on Platform 1.

In addition, an illustrated town map has been placed in the station forecourt. The project is the brainchild of Friends’ member East Devon and Honiton Town Councillor Jenny Brown.

Honiton Primary School pupils created the new artwork on the station footbridge during workshops with artist Alistair Lambert at Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG), Honiton Museum and the Blackdown Hills National Landscape.

The workshops were part of THG’s Honiton Hippo project for the national Wild Escape campaign. Local families also created animals to add to the artwork during workshops at the gallery and in the St. Paul’s area of Honiton over the Easter holidays.

Local artist Brittany E Lakin created the artwork on both sides of the Platform 1 shed.

The £6,700 project has been made possible thanks to funding from South Western Railway, Honiton Town Council and grants organised by the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership from CrossCountry Trains and the Community Rail Development Fund, a joint initiative of the Department for Transport and the Community Rail Network.

Cllr Jenny Brown said: “I am thrilled to see the unveiling of this vibrant, colourful artwork. This project would not have been possible without the strong partnership that has been created over the past few years with our stakeholders, who are always very receptive of our ideas.

"I hope as commuters and visitors to Honiton walk past it, they will take the time to enjoy these latest additions.”

Martin Long chairman of the Friends of Honiton Station said: “Honiton station is important to so many people, and we are very proud of it, and all that it tries to do. We believe that the station is the perfect venue to promote and develop community-based art. To that end, we have been delighted to work with a range of partners to bring even more exciting artwork to our station.”

Councillor Eleanor Rylance, chair of East Devon District Council, said: “We are delighted to showcase the creativity of local young people and celebrate the remarkable natural environment which surrounds Honiton.”