River Otter, Devon predominantly rural area, with small cattle, sheep and dairy farms. The largest town in the Otter Valley is Honiton. Tourism and leisure play important roles in the economy. For much of its length, the river flows through two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) – The Blackdown Hills AONB (to the north of Honiton) and East Devon AONB (to the south of Ottery St Mary). The river passes through or by Upottery, Rawridge, Monkton, Honiton, Alfington, Ottery St Mary, Tipton St John, Newton Poppleford and Otterton before reaching the Otter Estuary to the east of Budleigh Salterton. The Otter Estuary
Lace Market Theatre over the past few years. The Nottingham Theatre Club merged into the Lace Market Theatre Trust in 2003. New development plans are under way with the aim of creating a landmark amateur theatre for the region. Shortly after the completion of the extension in 1984, Prunella Scales and Timothy West were invited to become patrons of the theatre and this they both agreed to do. In 2012 Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes also agreed to become patrons of the theatre. Before her death, Joyce Redman had been a patron for many years. The Lace Market Theatre has been twinned with