Guidebook for Axminster

Jo
Guidebook for Axminster

Food Scene

Very good variety and quality of food, with a warm and cosy country pub feeling. More based towards a restaurant than a general pub.
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The Tytherleigh Arms
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Very good variety and quality of food, with a warm and cosy country pub feeling. More based towards a restaurant than a general pub.
Indian restaurant and takeaway. Personally I don't do Indian food, but everyone I know who does has really raved about this one.
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Cinnamons
10 South St
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Indian restaurant and takeaway. Personally I don't do Indian food, but everyone I know who does has really raved about this one.
Very good local Chinese with both Restaurant and takeaway options. My personal favourite.
Golden House Restaurant
1 Lyme St
Very good local Chinese with both Restaurant and takeaway options. My personal favourite.
Small independent barista with a passion for coffee. Great coffee and staff.
Eleos
28 Fore St
Small independent barista with a passion for coffee. Great coffee and staff.
Really great looking coffee shop and atmosphere, although the staff were a little rude the last time I visited.
Coffee#1 Honiton
125 High St
Really great looking coffee shop and atmosphere, although the staff were a little rude the last time I visited.
The Ridgeway Inn is set in our local village, and within a 5-10 minute walk (relatively steep hill). Good food, but opening days and times are very erratic, so definitely call ahead if you'd like to book.
Ridgeway Country Hotel
Smallridge Road
The Ridgeway Inn is set in our local village, and within a 5-10 minute walk (relatively steep hill). Good food, but opening days and times are very erratic, so definitely call ahead if you'd like to book.

Sightseeing

Great seaside town, with a lovely, flat walk along the sea front. Nice shops, and cafes. Highly recommend going to Jacobs Ladder cafe at the far end of the beach - nice gardens up there too.
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Sidmouth
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Great seaside town, with a lovely, flat walk along the sea front. Nice shops, and cafes. Highly recommend going to Jacobs Ladder cafe at the far end of the beach - nice gardens up there too.
Wildlife Park - small
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Axe Valley Wildlife Park
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Wildlife Park - small
If you like Swans...
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Abbotsbury Swannery
New Barn Road
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If you like Swans...
The last time I went here the parking was free and you had free access to the cafe before commiting to buyinga ticket for the gardens. The lane down to the gardens also leads down to the beach.
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Taman Subtropika Abbotsbury
Bullers Way
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The last time I went here the parking was free and you had free access to the cafe before commiting to buyinga ticket for the gardens. The lane down to the gardens also leads down to the beach.
Lovely beach. Good size car park.
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Branscombe Beach
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Lovely beach. Good size car park.

Shopping

Exeter is Devon's 'County Town', and was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Britain. Nice town for shopping. Recommend catching the park & ride bus as you enter.
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Exeter
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Exeter is Devon's 'County Town', and was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Britain. Nice town for shopping. Recommend catching the park & ride bus as you enter.

Essentials

Great Farm shop
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Millers Farm Shop
Gammons Hill
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Great Farm shop
Whole Food Shop
Ganesha Whole Foods
3 South St
Whole Food Shop
Groceries
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Waitrose & Partners
42-44 West St
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Groceries
Tesco Axminster is our losest Supermarket, at around 3 miles away. Relatively small and lacking variety, so I would recommend the Chard Tesco instead. There is also a Lidl opposite.
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Tesco Superstore
Salterton Road
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Tesco Axminster is our losest Supermarket, at around 3 miles away. Relatively small and lacking variety, so I would recommend the Chard Tesco instead. There is also a Lidl opposite.
Farm Shop
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Barley Mows Farm Shop & Restaurant
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Farm Shop
Very small Sainsbury's, but there if you need it.
Sainsbury's
Holyrood Street
Very small Sainsbury's, but there if you need it.
Lidl
Tapstone Road
ALDI
Exeter Road

Everything Else

Food courses
Axminster
Food courses
Winery
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Lyme Bay Winery
Shute Road
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Winery
Educational day courses
Axminster Skill Centre
10 Weycroft Ave
Educational day courses
Great Swimming & Gym
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Bridport Leisure Centre
Skilling Hill Road
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Great Swimming & Gym
Great place to visit. Either walk, hire a bicycle, canoe, or take a boat trip down the river to have lunch at one of the two pubs at the lochs. Highly recommended on a lovely sunny day.
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The Quay
The Quay
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Great place to visit. Either walk, hire a bicycle, canoe, or take a boat trip down the river to have lunch at one of the two pubs at the lochs. Highly recommended on a lovely sunny day.
Animal sanctuary that is home to over 300 animals.
Ferne Animal Sanctuary
Animal sanctuary that is home to over 300 animals.
Everything Alpaca...
Alpaca Stuff
Everything Alpaca...
Walk and crawl through some extremely narrow passages that wind around the city's aqueducts. There is also a brief film presentation about the passages. Not suitable for the under 5s.
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Underground Passages
2 Paris St
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Walk and crawl through some extremely narrow passages that wind around the city's aqueducts. There is also a brief film presentation about the passages. Not suitable for the under 5s.
UK's largest exhibition of the greatest cars from around the world. A living and working museum, with over 400 amazing cars and bikes.
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Haynes International Motor Museum
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UK's largest exhibition of the greatest cars from around the world. A living and working museum, with over 400 amazing cars and bikes.
All the fossils here are from a private collection belonging to the museums owner. View over 8,500 fossils in this traditional museum housed in a Grade I listed former church.
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Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
Coombe Street
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All the fossils here are from a private collection belonging to the museums owner. View over 8,500 fossils in this traditional museum housed in a Grade I listed former church.
Great dog walk area
Lamberts Castle station
Great dog walk area
Nice short walk
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Chard Reservoir (disused)
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Nice short walk
Nice walk. This site is managed as a nature reserve, in partnership with Offwell Woodland & Wildlife Trust, a charity that has been on-site for over 10 years.
Offwell
Nice walk. This site is managed as a nature reserve, in partnership with Offwell Woodland & Wildlife Trust, a charity that has been on-site for over 10 years.
Good Cinema
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Cineworld Yeovil
Old Station Way
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Good Cinema

Entertainment & Activities

Great place to take the kids for a day out. Highly recommend the ball pool!!! ;-)
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Crealy Theme Park & Resort
Sidmouth Road
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Great place to take the kids for a day out. Highly recommend the ball pool!!! ;-)
Indoor go-karting track with flyover bridge! Great fun!
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Raceworld Ltd
Sidmouth Road
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Indoor go-karting track with flyover bridge! Great fun!
Great Day out
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Forde Abbey House and Gardens
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Great Day out
A chance to step back in time and ride on a tram.
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Seaton Tramway
Harbour Road
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A chance to step back in time and ride on a tram.
Railway themed, all weather attraction with a passenger carrying miniature steam railway, model railway exhibition, multi leveled indoor play area for children up to 12 years & outdoor play areas.
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Pecorama
Underleys
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Railway themed, all weather attraction with a passenger carrying miniature steam railway, model railway exhibition, multi leveled indoor play area for children up to 12 years & outdoor play areas.
Trained guides give the visitor an hour long tour of this vast man made complex of underground caverns.
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Gua Beer Quarry Ltd
Quarry Lane
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Trained guides give the visitor an hour long tour of this vast man made complex of underground caverns.
Visitors can spend as much time as they wish meeting the donkeys and enjoying beautiful coastal and countryside walks.
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Santuri Khinzir
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Visitors can spend as much time as they wish meeting the donkeys and enjoying beautiful coastal and countryside walks.
Escot is 220 acres of natural woodlands where you can meet our resident otters, wild boar, red squirrels, peacocks and birds of prey.
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Escot Park
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Escot is 220 acres of natural woodlands where you can meet our resident otters, wild boar, red squirrels, peacocks and birds of prey.
Bicton Woodland Railway train ride, nature trail, maze, mini golf, plus indoor and outdoor children’s play complexes.
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Taman Botani Bicton Park
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Bicton Woodland Railway train ride, nature trail, maze, mini golf, plus indoor and outdoor children’s play complexes.
Beautiful and historic gardens with charming features to appeal to kids, like a play area, bridged waterways, sculpture trail and a secret walk! Dogs on leads welcome.
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Taman Subtropika Abbotsbury
Bullers Way
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Beautiful and historic gardens with charming features to appeal to kids, like a play area, bridged waterways, sculpture trail and a secret walk! Dogs on leads welcome.
Try a quad bike ride around their half mile clay track and introduce kids to the thrills of driving! For over 10s, while over 16s can use the Pro Track at a mile and half long with trickier terrain.
Quad World
Exeter Road
Try a quad bike ride around their half mile clay track and introduce kids to the thrills of driving! For over 10s, while over 16s can use the Pro Track at a mile and half long with trickier terrain.
Guided Castle Tours; Secret Garden; huge Play Fort for kids; Deer Park Safari and seasonal events located in a unique, picturesque setting beside the Exe estuary.
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Powderham Castle
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Guided Castle Tours; Secret Garden; huge Play Fort for kids; Deer Park Safari and seasonal events located in a unique, picturesque setting beside the Exe estuary.
The 2nd largest naval aviation museum in the world has 4 Exhibition halls, over 90 aircraft, plus thousands of artefacts to discover, plus ‘The Aircraft Carrier Experience’ to enjoy.
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Muzium Tentera Udara Fleet
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The 2nd largest naval aviation museum in the world has 4 Exhibition halls, over 90 aircraft, plus thousands of artefacts to discover, plus ‘The Aircraft Carrier Experience’ to enjoy.
Family oriented bike, canoe and kayak hire centre on Exeter quay with a good range of equipment, including some especially for children, such as child seats and trailers.
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Saddles & Paddles
The Quay
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Family oriented bike, canoe and kayak hire centre on Exeter quay with a good range of equipment, including some especially for children, such as child seats and trailers.
Kayaking, canoeing, sailing, rafting, coasteering, climbing, artificial caving are all on offer at Haven Banks down at Exeter Quay.
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Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre
Haven Road
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Kayaking, canoeing, sailing, rafting, coasteering, climbing, artificial caving are all on offer at Haven Banks down at Exeter Quay.
22 modern fully computerised lanes, American Pool tables, Amusement Arcades all catered towards families and kids.
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Tenpin Exeter
Water Lane
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22 modern fully computerised lanes, American Pool tables, Amusement Arcades all catered towards families and kids.
Whether you want a quiet gentle stroll or an exhilarating mountain biking experience, there's something for you at Haldon Forest Park. 3,500 acres of woodland just fifteen minutes from Exeter.
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Go Ape Haldon (Treetop Challenge, Zip Lines, High Ropes)
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Whether you want a quiet gentle stroll or an exhilarating mountain biking experience, there's something for you at Haldon Forest Park. 3,500 acres of woodland just fifteen minutes from Exeter.
Visit the home of England’s highest waterfall. Over 80 acres to explore with the kids, including Nature Walk and Secret Garden.
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Air Terjun Canonteign
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Visit the home of England’s highest waterfall. Over 80 acres to explore with the kids, including Nature Walk and Secret Garden.
Feel like a giant as you explore 4 acres of award-winning gardens showcasing hundreds of model scenes, vehicles and people.
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Kampung Model Babbacombe
Hampton Avenue
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Feel like a giant as you explore 4 acres of award-winning gardens showcasing hundreds of model scenes, vehicles and people.
Not just 22 lanes of bowling with support aids, Pink Pin challenge and jukebox backbeats, but also arcade, pool, free WiFi and cafe.
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Hollywood Bowl Taunton
Heron Gate
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Not just 22 lanes of bowling with support aids, Pink Pin challenge and jukebox backbeats, but also arcade, pool, free WiFi and cafe.
Indoor splash complex features a 25m heated 6 lane swimming pool and an indoor splash park with shooting water jets and fun water features, all in a temperature controlled heated environment.
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Taman Tema Brean
Coast Road
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Indoor splash complex features a 25m heated 6 lane swimming pool and an indoor splash park with shooting water jets and fun water features, all in a temperature controlled heated environment.
Kids theme park. Indoor and outdoor areas. Quite pricey to get in apparently, but someone told me that if you buy a ticket, you can go back as many time as you like, within 7 days. That maybe just during school holidays. Look out 'things to do' brochures though, sometime you can get free ticket coupons.
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Crealy Theme Park & Resort
Sidmouth Road
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Kids theme park. Indoor and outdoor areas. Quite pricey to get in apparently, but someone told me that if you buy a ticket, you can go back as many time as you like, within 7 days. That maybe just during school holidays. Look out 'things to do' brochures though, sometime you can get free ticket coupons.
Indoor Karting experience. I went some years ago and it was pretty good fun.
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Raceworld Ltd
Sidmouth Road
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Indoor Karting experience. I went some years ago and it was pretty good fun.
Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon’s glorious Axe Valley, travelling alongside the River Axe through two nature reserves
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Seaton Tramway
Harbour Road
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Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon’s glorious Axe Valley, travelling alongside the River Axe through two nature reserves
Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon’s glorious Axe Valley, travelling alongside the River Axe, through two nature reserves.
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Seaton Tramway
Harbour Road
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Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon’s glorious Axe Valley, travelling alongside the River Axe, through two nature reserves.
Pleasant harbour town. Has been nicely updated in recent years. Both Harbour Lights and Broadchurch were filmed here. Bridport very closeby which has a market day on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Pantai West Bay Dorset
Esplanade
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Pleasant harbour town. Has been nicely updated in recent years. Both Harbour Lights and Broadchurch were filmed here. Bridport very closeby which has a market day on Wednesdays and Saturdays.