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The Bike Shed Exeter
The original Bike Shed venue in Exeter's historic city centre, blending motorcycle culture with independent food and drink.
11 km · about 20 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Lympstone is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Woodbury, 32km from Jurassic Coast.
Lympstone is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 1,763, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Lympstone is a village and civil parish in East Devon, in the English county of Devon. It lies on the eastern bank of the River Exe estuary, approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) north-west of Exmouth and 11 mi (18 km) south-east of Exeter. The parish had a population of 2,117 at the 2021 census.
The village has a small harbourRead more
on the Exe estuary, situated at the outlet of Wotton Brook between cliffs of red breccia. The promontory to the north of the harbour is topped by Cliff Field, a flat pasture managed by the National Trust and used for football matches and local events.
Lympstone is served by the Avocet Line via Lympstone Village railway station, with services running between Exmouth and Exeter.
The village is known for Peter's Tower, an Italianate riverside clock tower built around 1885 by W.H. Peters as a memorial to his wife, and for its longstanding tradition of residents drying washing on the foreshore. The riverside houses back directly onto the shore without a continuous seawall, and access passages between them and the beach are fitted with metal flood gates closed during high tides via a local warning system.
Lympstone hosts the annual Furry Dance on the first Saturday in August, a village tradition involving processions in fancy dress accompanied by a brass band, which attracts visitors from across the region.
Lympstone Manor (formerly Courtlands House) is a historic country house overlooking the Exe estuary which now operates as a hotel and restaurant.
The parish church is the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lympstone, which forms a central historic landmark within the village.
Near the village is the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM), the principal training establishment of the Royal Marines. The centre is served by the private Lympstone Commando railway station (not open to the public) on the Exeter–Exmouth branch line.
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Lympstone is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6475 latitude, -3.4316 longitude.
Lympstone has a population of approximately 1,763 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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The original Bike Shed venue in Exeter's historic city centre, blending motorcycle culture with independent food and drink.
11 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
Magnificent Gothic cathedral boasting the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England, dating back to the 12th century.
11 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
UNESCO World Heritage coastline stretching 95 miles from Devon to Dorset, exposing 185 million years of geological history in its dramatic cliffs.
32 km · about 35 min drive
national park
Wild and ancient moorland dotted with granite tors, Bronze Age settlements and roaming Dartmoor ponies across 368 square miles of Devon.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Stunted, moss-drowned oaks growing between granite boulders form one of Britain's last high-altitude temperate rainforests, long linked with Druid legend. A 20-minute walk from the Two Bridges car park on Dartmoor.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
The UK's largest aquarium in Plymouth dedicated to ocean conservation with Atlantic Ocean and deep reef exhibits.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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