Popular Street Food Market Returns

The re-opening of the popular Street Food Market at Exeter’s Guildhall Shopping Centre has been postponed until Friday 6 March due to the weather.

The market will be open on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday and then every Friday, Saturday and Sunday thereon-in.

Starting its second year in Exeter, the Street Food Market took the city by storm in its first year and quickly rose to fourth position on TripAdvisor for places to eat in Exeter.

The market channelled the energy of the street food movement and brought to the city a vibe and tastes that are as ‘on trend’ as...

Autumn Half Term at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
27/10/2014 - 10:00am to 31/10/2014 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

Spooky fun this October half term!

  • Children's entertainment in the Station Halt Gallery daily at 2pm (Mon - Fri)
  • Special Autumn dishes in the Garden Room Restaurant
  • Prize Quiz in the Model Railway Exhibition
  • FREE spooky treat for children in Hallowe'en Fancy Dress
  • *Take a ride on the Beer Heights Frights Ghost Train as dusk falls if you dare!

* Please note that the last train running this week will be at 5.00pm.

Bank Holiday Railway Gala at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
23/08/2014 - 10:00am to 25/08/2014 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer
  • Full steam ahead with the entire Peco fleet in operation over the weekend.
  • Plus guest locos, including demonstration goods trains.
  • Locomotive naming ceremony and other railway related events.

For more information visit http://www.pecorama.info/

Peco Loco Week at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
18/08/2014 - 10:00am to 22/08/2014 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

All nine resident steam locomotives together with guest engines from all over the country, will combine to operate an intensive train service on the Beer Heights Light Railway .

Most passenger trains will be "double headed" with both a Peco and guest locomotive.

For more information visit www.pecorama.info

Teddy Bears Picnic at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
17/08/2014 - 10:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer
  • Special treat from the Garden Room Restaurant for children bringing along their teddies
  • Best dressed Teddy Competition
  • Teddy Mac stories from Author Margaret Edmonds
  • Teddy Mac Special on the Beer Heights Light Railway

For more information visit www.pecorama.info

Kit Construction Days (Tuesdays only) at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
26/08/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

Every Tuesday between the 29 July and 26 August there is a wonderful opportunity for you to learn about building kits from the well-known modelling experts Gordon and Maggie Gravett.

Gordon, famous for his French metre gauge 'Pempoul' model railway, will show you the best ways to place your buildings in realistic scenes.

NOTE: A nominal £1.00 charge will be made for all kits.

Children under eight years of age must be accompanied by an adult.

Sessions last approximately two hours - last admission 20 minutes before the end. There are two sessions per day,...

Early Learners Week at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
14/07/2014 - 10:00am to 18/07/2014 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

Children's entertainment daily at 12 noon at the Peco Marquee with learning in mind, plus special activities for our younger visitors.

Intensive train service on the railway with unlimited rides for Bargain and Premium Ticket Holders.

For more information visit www.pecorama.info

Greenkeepers do their bit for National Nest Box Week

The golf course greenkeepers at Exeter Golf and Country Club are doing their bit for National Nest Box Week to protect the bird population of the golf course. With 12 of their 28 nest boxes currently active, the self-named ‘Green Soldiers’ are working hard to increase activity year-on-year and have an action plan in place for National Nest Box Week.

National Nest Box Week starts tomorrow (14 February) and is organised each year by the British Trust for Ornithology, Britain’s leading bird research charity. The BTO primarily researches populations of our common and garden birds....

RHS Garden Rosemoor Spring Flower Show

Event Date: 
15/03/2014 - 10:00am to 16/03/2014 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington

RHS Garden Rosemoor will be bursting with blooms this March when it hosts its first Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Spring Flower Show and competition, on 15–16 March.

The inaugural show focuses on camellias, including the RHS Early Camellia Competition, early magnolias and rhododendrons as well as classes for ornamental shrubs and the RHS Rosemoor Daffodil Competition. Visitors can view the exquisite displays of top quality blooms from competitors from all over the South West.

Trade and advice stands in the show plus a superb range of early spring shrubs and flowering...

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