Exeter

Properties and events in Exeter

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Britannia Restoration

Custom House, The Quay, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AN
In person
Pre-booking not required

We will be having a stand to inform the public about Maritime Heritage in general and Britannia's role in Britain's seafaring community. This will include information about traditional crafts relating to shipbuilding, demonstrations, tools etc

Curator Tour - Are we nearly there yet? A history of transport.

Queen Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3RX
In person
Pre-booking required

Join assistant curator, Holly Carter-Chappell on a free tour of RAMM's exhibition Are we nearly there yet? A history of transport.

Discover the Faces of St Martins

St Martin's Church, Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1EZ
In person
Pre-booking not required

Explore 1000 years of people, stories and art in the heart of Exeter at St Martins Church on the Cathedral Green

Exeter Blitz

Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1AE
In person
Pre-booking required

Discover how Exeter was affected by the Blitz. Red Coat Guided Tour.

Exeter Community Centre and St David's Walking Tour

17 St. Davids Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3RG
In person
Pre-booking preferred

Tour the centre and then see and hear about the fascinating history of St David's. The centre was originally an 18th Century merchant’s house and former school for the partially blind.

Exeter Dissenters Graveyard Exhibition and Series of Talks

St. Nicholas Priory, The Mint, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3BL
In person
Pre-booking not required

Exhibition at St Nicholas Priory: The history of Dissent in England and of Exeter Dissenters Graveyard from its 18th century foundation to the present day, supported by a series of talks at the Priory on Saturday afternoon the 7th of September.

Exeter Dissenters Graveyard Open Days

Dissenters Graveyard, Magdalen Street, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4HS
In person
Pre-booking not required

'Dissenters' were English Protestants whose relationship with the Church of England became so fraught they needed their own burial ground.

Exeter Herstories - Walking with Women through Time

1A Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1HJ
In person
Pre-booking required

A New Red Coat Tour exploring the achievements of women in Exeter that have often been overlooked

Exeter Library's Special Collection: A 'White Glove' Experience

Exeter Library, Rougemont Place, Castle Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3PQ
In person
Pre-booking required

Get up close and personal to a selection of books from Exeter Library's 'Special Collections', dating back to 1480!

Exeter Quayside Shanty Festival

Exeter Quayside multiple venues, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AN
In person
Pre-booking not required

Join us for a celebration of sea shanties on Exeter’s historic quayside.

Exeter's Underground Passages - Fully Booked!

2 Paris Street, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1GA
In person
Pre-booking required

This event is now FULLY BOOKED. Join us under the streets of Exeter on a tour of the city's Underground Passages. Created to bring fresh water into the city from the 14th century onwards and now a unique experience!

Exploring Exeter Cathedral's Library and Archives: Routes- Networks- Connections

Exeter Cathedral, Library and Archives, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1HS
In person
Pre-booking required

Join us for a workshop in the Cathedral Library and Archives, and look closely at the routes, networks and connections that have shaped the Cathedral through time.

Exploring the Archives

Old Library, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4SB
In person
Pre-booking not required

Join us for a look behind the locked doors of the archive. In this drop in session, you'll get to see and touch some of the old, rare and exciting things that are normally out of sight of the public and find out about their history.

Letters from the Archives: Creative Writing Workshop

Old Library, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4SB
In person
Pre-booking required

Join a unique creative writing session, using letters from the University of Exeter's Special Collections as prompts.

Old St Leonard's Hall, Exeter

Roberts Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4HD
In person
Pre-booking required

Join us at Old St Leonard’s Hall for a chat and a cup of tea, learn about the hall’s history and current use as a modern, zero-carbon, functional and fully accessible venue with a historic exterior, firmly rooted in the local community.

Police Archive Unlocked

Museum of Policing in Devon & Cornwall, Devon Heritage Centre Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NL
In person
Pre-booking required

Get up close with the historical archive of the police forces of the southwest of England, at the Museum of Policing in Devon & Cornwall.

POSTPONED - Who does a museum belong to? Ethics, Asylums, and Women's Health

Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3LS
In person
Pre-booking not required

We are creating a community collection with our historic medical objects. Join us for an exhibition on aspects of local Exeter history, asylums, women's health, and ethics in museums!

Printmaking and Paper Heritage Day

Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3LS
In person
Pre-booking not required

Printmaking is one of the oldest forms of reproduction of text and image, and some of our presses are over 100 years old. Have a go at various techniques using a range of papers to see how traditional processes are being used in contemporary ways.

Quay Words presents Ian Mortimer: The road to Exeter – from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century

Custom House, The Quay, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AN
In person
Pre-booking preferred

Quay Words are thrilled to be joined by writer and historian Ian Mortimer for this free, Heritage Open Days event. During his talk Ian will be talking about travel in the southwest. Ian will draw on his latest book Medieval Horizons.

Rediscovering Exeter City Wall

Eastgate, Princesshay, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1GB
In person
Pre-booking not required

This event aims to showcase part of the circuit of Exeter's City Wall, to distribute promotional literature and to conduct guided walks along sections of the city wall.