Visit Otterton Mill to watch milling demonstrations. Water power is used to produce stoneground wholemeal flour, continuing in a 1,000-year old tradition. Otterton's millers are happy to answer questions and show you how they produce their stoneground wholemeal flour.
The mill building itself is open every day between 10am to 5pm, and entry is free. The ancient mill workings are fully open for public viewing, and the water wheel is kept turning.
We usually mill our signature stoneground flour twice a month. On milling days, our millers are very happy to chat to visitors and...
A concert celebration of summer by the Exeter Bach Society choir including madrigals, folk songs, and Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium.
‘Music in May’ will be conducted by David Davies, our musical director and Assistant Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral, and the concert will take place in St Mark’s Church, Pinhoe Road, Exeter.
Tickets cost £8 and are available from Phoenix Ticket Agency, Gandy Street (01392 667080) or online via our website www.exeterbachsociety.org.uk , or by phoning Roger Churchward on 01392 468867 - or also at the door.
The nineteenth century was truly the great ‘Age of the Museum’. Municipal museums in Britain sprang up after the 1845 Museums Act. But they were already being founded throughout the colonies of the British Empire. John Mackenzie, pioneer of the study of popular and cultural imperialism, will discuss why this was the case, what form some of these extraordinary museums took, what they tell us about the global spread of European culture, and the role this played in the development of national identities.
Tickets £4.50 (£3) are available in person or by phone using a credit or debit...
Felt Making for beginners 3 week course on Thursday 9, 16, and 23 May
10am-noon at the Hub on The Green, Cathedral Green, Exeter.
May 9th : Exploring fibres, carding and wet felting. Take home a creative felt picture made using different fleece. May May 16th : Explaining templates and how to use them. Make a beautiful 3D flower. May 23rd : Needle felting; how to felt using a dry technique. Take home a wonderful 3D animal.
£55 for the whole 3 week course or £20 per session. Includes materials for specific project each session.
The Exeter Choral Society present their first concert in the new season featuring the music of Williams and Haydn.
Programme to include:
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs '17 Vaughan Williams Lord thou hast been our refuge (TBC) Haydn Nelson Mass 40'
Exeter Choral Society is a mixed voice choir and performs two concerts each year with professional soloists in St James Church, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter. The society was founded in 1943 as the Whipton Choral Society and has existed in its current form as the Exeter Choral Society since 2005. It has a membership of...
Find out more about our feathered friends in RAMM’s birds’ gallery. RSPB experts will be on hand to answer your questions on the collections and the work of the RSPB.
A unique craft fair held in our large events marquee full of local traders with their lovely handmade goods.
Why not come and treat yourself. This is a fundraising event.
No booking required for visitors. £2 entry, under 12s are free.
10am-4pm.
Traders must book, please call 01395 573156 for more information. The Donkey Sanctuary is set in acres of tranquil, unspoilt farmland and countryside in East Devon’s Area of Outstanding Beauty. ENTRY IS FREE and we are open 365 days a year from 9am until dusk.
Come and enjoy the Wardour Garrison's return to Poltimore House near Exeter and experience what it was like to live and fight during the English Civil War. Come and take a stroll in the Grounds or take a walk through time as you explore the House. In 1646 the end of Civil War in the south west was negotiated at Poltimore, and the Treaty of Exeter was signed in the Great Hall at Poltimore - in the fine east-facing room re-modelled in about 1740 as the Saloon.
Refreshments will be available in the Chapel.
Please note: Due to the nature of this event and noise, please leave...
