Exeter

Saddles & Paddles offers bike, canoe and kayak hire for all the family, from Exeter Quay. They are also a fully functioning bike shop, for sales, accessories and repairs. Located on Exeter’s historic quayside, just a 5 minute walk from the city centre.

Challenge yourself and challenge your friends at Europe's first Clip 'n Climb. The South West's biggest indoor climbing facility offers a stunning series of climbing based activities that provide healthy & challenging fun for everyone - ages 4 years and up!

The Quay Climbing Centre is the South West’s largest indoor climbing wall. The centre makes use of the huge atrium space built into one of Exeter’s largest and iconic industrial buildings – formerly the city’s electricity works. Within the arena there are 85 hangers each with up to 3 lines of climbing making for well over 200 routes to try at any time. There’s a 14.5 metre lead wall, top roped walls from 7 to 11 metres, 5 auto belays for solo climbers and a dedicated novice zone as well as two boulder caves and training room. The Workshop Café offers a daily menu of home cooked food.

The home of professional football in Exeter. Check the forthcoming fixtures out in the local media and on the club website and come and see Exeter City play some of the most attractive football in the South West at St James Park.

Set in a stunning location overlooking beautiful Devon countryside, Exeter Racecourse prides itself on being one of the UK’s most progressive tracks, with excellent facilities and transport links to match competitive racing throughout the National Hunt Season. Whether you’re a seasoned or first-time racegoer, you’re guaranteed a great day out and a warm welcome at Exeter Racecourse, with corporate-friendly weekday meetings, holiday fixtures to suit the family and the popular Ladies Evening in May with a live band playing after racing. To complement the excitement of a day’s racing, the racecourse offers a range of superb hospitality packages, restaurant and bar facilities.

The Guildhall has served as the centrepiece of Exeter's civic life for more than 800 years. A structure of outstanding architectural interest, it is not merely an ancient monument but remains a busy working building - still in regular use for a variety of civic functions and full meetings of the City Council.

Exeter Castle, known as Rougemont Castle locally due to the red rock of the hill on which it stands, was constructed in the late 11th Century for William the Conqueror. The medieval parts of the castle are best viewed from the outside as the interior buildings date from a much later period, when the castle became home to the Devon Assize Hall and Sessions House.

Whether you want to explore the forest on foot, by bike, or swinging through the canopy, you'll find something for you just around the next tree. The place for walking, cycling, play and much more.

Small delightful harbour town just 4 miles from Exeter, Topsham retains many of its original buildings housing a charming selection of craft and antique shops and a good choice of seafood restaurants.

Founded in 1994, the museum contains an enormous collection relating to the history of film and visual media. From shadow puppets to Shirley Temple dolls, from magic lanterns to Marilyn Monroe postcards, there is something to fascinate every visitor.