Princesshay are inviting you to explore their hidden oasis for insects and plant life, giving access to the Princesshay Bee garden through tours from May to September.
12 years ago, the team at Princesshay created a rooftop bee friendly garden high above the shops as a sanctuary for honeybees. Over the last decade the space has matured and grown and the team tend weekly to the three - four bee hives (depending on the time of year) housing over 240,000 honeybees.
The tour will start at ground level outside 'The Hive' on Bampfylde Lane before heading up to the rooftop to...
A weekend bursting with fresh seasonal flavours, culinary inspiration and family fun is in store for food lovers at RHS Garden Rosemoor this October.
Sponsored by Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management, Festival of Flavours celebrates the bounty of autumn and Rosemoor’s Heritage Devon apple harvest with cookery demos, expert talks and garden tours, and an artisan food and craft market. There will also be live music and campfire cooking to get visitors into the festival mood.
Watch live cookery demonstrations and learn how to cook with foraged ingredients, make sourdough or press...
Following the success of a Special Edition Tour that was created by Exeter Red Coat Guides for InExeter, The Business Improvement District, the tour has been adopted into the Red Coat Guide’s official programme of summer tours for 2023.
The Red Coats are a team of volunteers who are passionate about the city's fascinating history overseen by Exeter City Council who partnered with InExeter to create a special tour of the city.
This tour was developed to take people to some of the less usual and more commercially interesting areas of the city. Like many historic cities,...
The National Trust at Knightshayes in Devon is excited to announce the return of daily upstairs tours of its spectacular Gothic Revival house. Running throughout June, the volunteer-led tours offer an opportunity for visitors to visit the first floor at Knightshayes for the first time since 2019. The tours are one of many events taking place this year as the property celebrates 50 years since it was gifted to the National Trust.
The house at Knightshayes is a rare example of the work of William Burges, whose lavish designs have always inspired extremes of opinion. The upstairs...
A colourful cast of characters living through Exeter’s most dramatic moments are bringing the city’s history to life thanks to new research.
The Hidden Exeter app allows people to navigate through the city using period and modern maps, exploring key landmarks.
The free app gives fascinating information about the lives and times of ordinary men and women linked to Exeter’s historic landmarks. There are audio trails led from Exeter residents of the 16th century, with two new trails now available.
The app is a result of work led by Professor Fabrizio Nevola from...
On Tuesday (31 October), Exeter’s Red Coat Guides will be running their annual Spooks & Broomsticks tour of the city.
Discover more about the most haunted parts of Exeter, with fascinating, spooky tales suitable for all the family.
Tours start from 6.15pm and will be running regularly until 7pm. They are completely free of charge with no need to book, just turn up at the Richard Hooker statue on Cathedral Green and join a tour. Fancy dress is very welcome!
Normally an annual tradition, these popular Halloween tours were unable to run in 2016 due to the...
Exeter Cathedral has re-opened its North Tower to visitors as part of the annual Tower Tour programme. The tours take guests up 175 stone stairs to one the city’s most-famous vantage points, offering unrivalled views out to Dartmoor and along the Exe Estuary towards Exmouth.
The panoramic view of the city centre also gives an overview of Exeter landmarks that include Princesshay shopping centre, the University of Exeter, RAMM and many of the city’s churches. Tower tours cost £3.50 on top of the standard Cathedral admission fee which also includes a guided tour of the ground level...
With sixteen different tours to choose from, and six new Red Coat Guides joining the team, Exeter City Council is celebrating the launch of a busy Summer Tour Programme.
The Council has been providing free Red Coat Guided walking tours of the city for twenty-eight years. To keep up with demand, a training programme for willing volunteers has taken place every couple of years, with this spring seeing the successful recruitment of six new Guides.
After five months of training, the new Guides were presented with a certificate and the coveted Red Coat Blazer at the Lord Mayor’s...
Killerton is hosting a first-time seasonal event to celebrate the colours of autumn.
On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October, from 11am until 4.30pm, Killerton’s garden team will be offering special tours, activities and trails to enable visitors to discover the best parts of the historic hillside garden.
As the autumn months close in, a wide variety of trees, shrubs and flowers are starting to show their seasonal flare of vibrant colour amongst a sea of green. It’s a great time to take a walk against a stunning backdrop.
The ‘Re-discover Killerton’s garden’ event will...
Care home doors will be swung open next week as Devon County Council homes join in with National Care Home Open Day.
On Friday 21 June, homes across Devon will be holding special events and inviting the public to join them. These include tea dances, pamper days, cream teas, live music, craft activities, gardening, cooking, a dog show and pet therapy.
Many of the homes’ residents have been involved in the planning and organisation of their events. The national day has been organised to encourage communities to go in to their local care home and connect with residents and...
