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Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral
Gothic cathedral completed by about 1400, with an astronomical clock and the longest unbroken medieval stone vault in the world.
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Exeter: things to do
Places worth your time in Exeter
Top places
Things to do in Exeter
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
The city's largest museum, founded in 1868, with zoology, archaeology, world cultures and fine art in a Gothic Revival building.
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Historic site
Exeter's Underground Passages
Medieval tunnels that carried the city's water supply, the earliest from the 13th century; seen on guided tours.
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Castle
Rougemont Castle
Norman castle built into the northern corner of the Roman walls from about 1068; its gatehouse still stands.
Garden
Rougemont Gardens
Ornamental gardens made from the castle's defences in the late 18th century, owned by the city since 1912.
Park
Northernhay Gardens
Laid out in 1612 as a pleasure walk, England's oldest public open space includes Roman and Saxon city wall.
Historic house
St Nicholas Priory
Surviving west range of a Benedictine priory founded in 1087, now a museum run by Exeter Historic Buildings Trust.
Historic building
Tuckers Hall
Guildhall of the city's weavers, fullers and shearmen, built in 1471 and listed Grade II*.
Historic building
Exeter Custom House
Late 17th-century custom house on the quay, the first in England built for the purpose; used by HM Customs until 1989.
Waterfront
Exeter Quay
Riverside quarter by the Exe and the Exeter Ship Canal, now used for leisure, with the Butts Ferry across the river.
Historic building
The House That Moved
Late medieval house moved along the street in 1961 to make way for a new road.
Church
St Mary Steps
Grade I listed church at the foot of Stepcote Hill, beside the House That Moved.
Historic building
Exeter Guildhall
Seat of the city's government for at least 600 years; largely medieval, with a frontage added in the 1590s.
Historic site
Exeter city walls
Roman and medieval walls whose 2.35 km circuit is about 72 per cent visible; a scheduled monument.
Museum
Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
Museum of cinema history on the university's Streatham Campus, holding over 80,000 objects; open to the public since 1997.
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Street
Parliament Street
Fourteenth-century lane linking High Street and Waterbeer Street, about 64 cm wide at its narrowest.
Visitor center
Cricklepit Mill
Restored mill on the quay that is a Devon Wildlife Trust visitor centre and the trust's headquarters.
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- Exeter (area photo): Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Exeter Cathedral: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exeter's Underground Passages: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rougemont Castle: Juan J. Martínez; derivative work: Nev1, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Rougemont Gardens: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Northernhay Gardens: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- St Nicholas Priory: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exeter Custom House: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exeter Quay: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- The House That Moved: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Mary Steps: Trevor Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Exeter Guildhall: Franzfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Exeter city walls: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bill Douglas Cinema Museum: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Parliament Street: J Morley, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cricklepit Mill: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Plymouth: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Torquay, Paignton & Brixham: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dartmoor: Addshore, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exmoor & Lynmouth: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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