Friday 29th July, Thursday 11th August, Monday 22nd August. Tours available each day 10.00-11.00 and 14.00-15.00 Come and explore the Cathedral as a family this half-term. Join our child-friendly tour full of stories, amazing facts, and spooky tales. Find out more about this wonderful building, and discover how and why it was built. Along the way, see if you can spot: a mermaid, a green man, an elephant, a boy sticking his tongue out, and a clock that may have inspired the nursery rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’. Afterwards, why not get dressed up and take a Medieval family ‘selfie’ to...
Young people in Devon will be working with professional artists to explore new innovations in digital media. Daisi is celebrating its success in receiving an Arts Council England Grants for the Arts award for the project, Art Machina. With the £47,582 award, the research and development project will develop digital arts practice using innovative digital media. Art Machina involves a group of professional Devon and Torbay artists, young people, youth leaders and teachers. Partners include i-DAT, Spacex, Exeter Phoenix and Coombeshead Academy. The project will enable young people across...
Wednesday 10th August, 11.00-15.00 (Cathedral) The Cathedral floor is decorated with many beautiful tiles. Come and copy some of the medieval designs and paint your own tile to take home. £2 per tile. Suitable for all ages, no booking required for this drop-in activity.
Wednesday 10th August 2016 at 19.30 Ticket information Tickets are £8, £5 for students, FREE for under 18s. Book Online or call the box office on 01392 285983 Book online
Jeff Howard Jeffrey Howard was born in Cardiff and studied at the University of Wales College, Cardiff and the Royal Academy of Music, London specializing in organ performance and Church Music. He now pursues a career as organist, pianist, singer, coach and conductor. Jeff has performed in many concert halls and cathedrals throughout the United Kingdom and Europe and has worked with orchestras including The...
Tuesday 9th August, 10.00-12.30 or 13.30-15.30 (Pearson Education Centre) Learn about Boudicca, one of the fiercest Queens in Britain’s history! Fight against the Romans and make a shield to defend yourself. Make a beautiful Iron Age mirror to see how you would look as a Celt. Booking information Suitable for ages 6-12, £6 per child. Children may be dropped off and left for the whole session. Booking essential – please book online or telephone 01392 285983. No booking charges apply for this event. Book online
Friday 5th August, 11.00-15.00 (Cathedral Green) My Lords and Ladies! You are invited to a Medieval Fayre on the Cathedral Green! Wear your finest clothes or borrow some of our own medieval costumes. Have a go at archery and apple bobbing, or put your parents in the stocks and throw a wet sponge at them! Get crafty and have a go at making shields and crowns. FREE (some crafts £1). Suitable for all ages, no booking required for this drop-in activity.
Thursday 4th August 2016 at 13.00 (Cathedral Green) An informal lunchtime concert by the Liv Village Choir from Durban performed outside on the West Front Apron at the edge of Cathedral Green.
Exeter Racecourse has announced it is sponsoring at Bicton Arena’s international horse trials which take place in East Devon on August 19 to 21. The racecourse is supporting the prestigious CIC2* which includes a £500 prize to the highest placed seven-year-old horse competing in the class.
Exeter Racecourse hosts 17 race meetings a year and is also a thriving conference and events centre. Located beside the busy A38, novice horses on the cusp of greatness regularly come under starters orders at Exeter. It also hosts the grade 2 Haldon Gold Cup that regularly attracts superstar...
Wednesday 3rd August 2016, 13.00-15.30 (Library and Archives) Your opportunity to experience the oldest book of English literature in existence. Written in about 970AD, the Exeter Book is the oldest of only four surviving books of Anglo-Saxon literature anywhere in the world. Much admired for its beautiful writing and the quality of its verse, this unique book of poetry has been at Exeter Cathedral since Leofric, the first Bishop of Exeter, gave it to his church in around 1072. Within its 246 pages are some 40 poems and nearly 100 poetic riddles. Join us in the Cathedral Library &...
An Ottery St Mary town centre pub is celebrating after receiving a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence.
The owners of the Volunteer, Mike and Jacqui Downs are delighted with the accolade after working hard to make major improvements since taking over the pub in 2012.
Landlord Mike said: “We weren’t expecting this, so it was a really nice surprise to find news of the award in our inbox.
“We know that a number of other hospitality businesses in the town have received the same award recently, and it’s great to see that Ottery St Mary is upping its game and play our...
