Explore Exeter

Exeter is more than just a campus. Our city and the surrounding area is full of exciting venues and hidden gems that you would be sorry to miss out on. Explore Exeter brings the best of these to your finger tips.

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Co Bikes

Co Bikes is Exeter’s shared, electric bike hire scheme. Hire bikes from over 20 locations around the city, including Streatham and St Lukes campuses, from as little as £2 per hour*. *Based on cost of BikeRider 600 minutes bundle.

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Exe Estuary Management Partnership

Our leaflets and codes of conduct will open a world of protected wildlife, watersports, walks and other activities at the beautiful Exe Estuary. Free membership!

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Exeter Cathedral

Visit Exeter’s 900 year old Cathedral, one of the finest examples of decorated Gothic architecture in England. Take a special tour of the magnificent roof space.

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Exeter City FC

Grab a piece of the action at your local EFL club as Exeter City continue their League Two season - Young Person tickets from just £16!

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Exeter Custom House

Built in 1680 at the height of Exeter's woollen cloth industry, today the Custom House houses lively displays, illustrations and artefacts which bring the history and development of Exeter’s Quayside to life.

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Exeter’s Red Coat Guided Tours

Discover Exeter on a FREE guided walking tour, to hear fascinating stories from the city’s rich and turbulent past. Tours operate daily throughout the year.

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Exeter Quayside

One of the most beautiful areas of the city, this is the place to relax, get active on the water, dine al fresco or discover more about Exeter's maritime history.

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Exeter’s Underground Passages

Take a subterranean tour of these medieval passages beneath Exeter’s streets and discover stories of wars and sieges, plague and pestilence. Dark, narrow and not for the claustrophobic!

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Locked In A Room

Exeter's largest live immersive escape game experience located on Fore Street. 4 themed rooms and 2 exciting storylines, Locked In A Room has a whopping 24 player capacity! Participants have 60 minutes "Locked In A Room" with a series of tests, puzzles and clues that, combined with teamwork, will unlock the room's mystery and hopefully a successful escape.

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The Real McCoy

Establish in 1984 , The Real McCoy is Exeter’s longest running vintage clothes store. Packed with fabulous vintage clothing and American retro from the 1900s to 1990s. We also stock a large range of men’s formalwear and posh frocks for all occasions. Find us down the cool indie end of Exeter in the famous McCoys Arcade.

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Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM)

Take a voyage of discovery from pre-history to the present day and from Exeter all around the world at Exeter’s award-winning museum, and check out the special exhibitions.

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Saddles & Paddles

We're an independent bike shop and are proud to be Exeter's official dealer for Ridgeback & Genesis bikes, offering a range of bikes for commuting, leisure, gravel, road and touring. We stock a range of bike accessories and offer full bike servicing. We're also a popular hire centre; choose from bikes, canoes, kayaks or Stand Up Paddleboards.

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Skirmish Exeter

Multi Activity Centre/Paintball/Airsoft/Laser Games/Axe Throwing/Archery and much more. Try our amazing outdoor centre less than 2 miles from the uni, offering 10 different exciting activities for you to try. Also looking for enthusiastic team leaders to help run our events. 01548 580025

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Topsham

Exeter’s quirkiest, liveliest, most student-friendly destination. A must-visit for Exeter students - indie shops, wicked food and drink, fun on and in water, views to die for. It’s gotta be Topsham!

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Exmouth Beach

Dartmoor

Torbay, The 'English Riviera'

Woodbury Common

Exeter Castle and Rougemont Gardens

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