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Exeter
City in Devon, England

Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England.

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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.

See

Worth seeing

City walls - some date to Roman times and there are easily-accessible remnants next to Rougemont Gardens.

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    Exeter Cathedral

    And the Cathedral Green; Exeter's top attraction and a very beautiful Gothic building.

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    Guildhall

    Claimed to be the oldest municipal building in England still serving its original purpose.

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    Custom House
  4. 04
    St Martin's
  5. 05
    St Mary Arches
  6. 06
    St Mary Steps
Do

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

Eat

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.

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    Dinosaur Café
  2. 02
    The Fat Pig

    2 John St, EX1 1BL (turn off Fore St by Taunton Leisure).

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    On The Water Front

    Southern Warehouse, 4-9 The Quay, EX2 4AP (On riverside just S of centre),.

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    Olive Tree
  5. 05
    St Olave's Court

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.