Exmouth

Exmouth's Queens Drive Space gets £20k revamp

A big tidy up of Exmouth’s Queens Drive space, costing more than £20,000, has been completed with the area now reopen to the public.

Tourists and local residents alike will be able to sip drinks and eat delicious food, provided by local traders, throughout the day and evening in the newly revamped area.

Contractors, appointed by East Devon District Council's (EDDC) property...

Mental health support charity to receive funding boost

A mental health charity based in Exmouth in Devon is receiving a £1,000 funding boost thanks to regional housebuilder Persimmon Homes South West.

Heads Up Mental Health Awareness CIC applied for the donation from the Persimmon Homes Community Champions scheme, which was created to financially assist regional charities, organisations and good causes.

Paula Baker from Heads Up...

Abbeyfield Trustees retire after combined 80 years’ service

Three Trustees from the Abbeyfield Exmouth Society have made the decision to retire from their roles after a combined incredible 80 years of service to the organisation.

The Abbeyfield Exmouth Society, a member of The Abbeyfield Society, is the charity that manages Harding House, a sheltered housing complex for 13 older people in Littleham. As with all charities, it is run by a Board...

Food to be sold past best before date in Devon

Convenience stores in Crediton, Exeter and Exmouth will be selling selected products past their ‘best before' date as it relates to quality, not the safety of the product.

With the aim of keeping more food in the human food chain, Southern Co-op has expanded its Reducing Our Foodprint initiative with products being reduced to just 20p.

Now available in more than 100 Co-...

New year, new you: explore local nature walks from Exmouth GP surgeries

Exmouth residents can make a healthy new start to 2022 by getting outdoors and enjoying nature thanks to the launch of three new Green Health Route guides.

Each guide details two nature walks of different lengths, starting from the front door of the five surgeries in Exmouth: Imperial, Haldon, Claremont, Rolle and Raleigh .

The Green Health Route guides have been developed...

New film installations to launch in Honiton and Exmouth

This January, Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) presents two immersive film installations by international artist Mikhail Karikis.

Children of Unquiet, 2014 and SeaWomen, 2012 share the experience of two very different communities: fisherwomen from the 'haenyeo' community on Jeju island, Korea, and children brought up by the geothermal powerplant in Devil’s Valley, Tuscany.

Both...

Road sweeper bursts into flames moments after council worker escapes

A road sweeper which burst into flames in Exmouth, during the early hours of Sunday morning, has been completely destroyed.

The driver thankfully escaped the vehicle unharmed, although a little shaken, after the incident which took place at around 6.15am yesterday, December 19.

The East Devon District Council (EDDC) worker had been going about his regular Strand sweeping...

Co-op relaunches following major investment in Exmouth

Co-op is serving up an improved food store in Exmouth this Thursday (25thNovember) following a £1.2 Million investment to refurbish and overhaul the store to better meet the needs of the community.

The near 8,300 sq ft transformed store runs on 100% renewable energy and is open from 07:00am – 10:00pm Monday to Saturday, and 10:00am – 16:00pm on a Sunday.

As part of the...

Steps to protect Exmouth as part of new beach management plan begin

The vital steps needed to protect Exmouth’s beach from coastal erosion were discussed at the first meeting of the town’s new beach management plan steering group.

Following a briefing during the summer, the group made up of local beach users, organisations and district and county councillors, met to formalise their aims and objectives.

Although overall sand volumes on...

Wildlife refuges designed to protect wild birds in the Exe Estuary are proving successful

The two wildlife refuges were set-up three years ago to ask all visitors to avoid these areas at certain times of the year: all year round off Dawlish Warren and between 15th September and 31st December at Exmouth Duckpond.

The results of a three-year monitoring programme have revealed that the wildlife refuges are working and show that people have mostly complied with requests to...

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