Exeter
Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England.
Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately 36 mi (58 km) northeast of Plymouth and 65 mi (105 km) southwest of Bristol. In 2024, Exeter had a population of 137,894, making it the second largest settlement in Devon after Plymouth. Under local government restructuring plans Exeter will, with the addition of parishes from East Devon, Teignbridge and Mid Devon, become the Exeter unitary authority from 2028.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
City walls - some date to Roman times and there are easily-accessible remnants next to Rougemont Gardens.
- 01Exeter Cathedral
And the Cathedral Green; Exeter's top attraction and a very beautiful Gothic building.
- 02Guildhall
Claimed to be the oldest municipal building in England still serving its original purpose.
- 03Custom House
- 04St Martin's
- 05St Mary Arches
- 06St Mary Steps
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Things to do
What's on? Read the Express and Echo, published weekly, or The Exeter Flying Post. Take a free guided tour with the City's volunteer Redcoat guides - tours leave the Cathedral Green or the Quay and last 1–2 hours
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Where to eat
As well as the selection listed here, there are the national chains eg ASK and Pizza Express on Cathedral Green, and Zizzi's in Gandy Street. The suburb of Topsham, 5 km south on the river estuary, also has a good range of restaurants. The Plant, 1 Cathedral Yard, EX1 1HJ,. Mon-Sat 8:30AM-5PM. Café with a good choice of vegetarian and other snacks and light meals.
- 01Dinosaur Café
- 02The Fat Pig
2 John St, EX1 1BL (turn off Fore St by Taunton Leisure).
- 03On The Water Front
Southern Warehouse, 4-9 The Quay, EX2 4AP (On riverside just S of centre),.
- 04Olive Tree
- 05St Olave's Court
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Getting to Exeter
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 76 km · Bristol (BRS), 92 km · Birmingham (BHX), 228 km
- Cardiff → Exeter88 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £16–21
- Bristol → Exeter104 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £11–15
- London → Exeter253 km · quickest by road, 4h 36m · £25–33
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Exeter
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Exeter. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 0195 km
- 02157 km
- 03502 km
- 04550 km
- 05585 km
If you know how people move in Exeter – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.