For one night only ladies a selection of stunning boutiques come together in a fabulous winter wonderland, offering you the chance to purchase fabulous designer products and gift ideal for christmas.
Enjoy our magical stage performance and Catwalk and enjoy free bucks fizz and a mince pie on arrival.
Also don't miss out on the chance to win our luxury prizes.
Princesshay is pleased to announce that for the fourth consecutive year it will host Exeter city centre’s annual Christmas lights switch on event on Thursday 20th November 2014 from 4pm-8pm.
The popular ceremony will see European Athletics Championship Gold medallist Jo Pavey and actress Caroline Quentin, Patron of Families for Children together with members of Exeter Chiefs rugby team switch on the city centre’s Christmas lights at 6.30pm, joined on stage by the Lord Mayor of Exeter and Father Christmas!
Visitors and shoppers to Princesshay will be treated to a festive...
People planning a Christmas party are being urged to look before they book ahead of this year’s festivities.
Exeter City Council working in partnership with the Food Standards Agency, is urging people to check the restaurant, pub or cafe’s food hygiene ratings before making a booking.
“It’s the things you can’t see – like germs spread by bad hygiene practices - that people need to consider. There’s one easy way to set your mind at rest – check the food hygiene rating,” said Cllr Keith Owen, Lead Councillor for Environment, Health and Wellbeing.
Discover the fairy tale story of The Nutcracker through sparkling displays and decorations around the atmospheric house tucked away in the Devonshire countryside. Let your imagination run wild and spot glittering nutcrackers, giant overflowing boxes of sweets and flower garlands undulating from high ceilings. Do not miss the last chance to glimpse our Nature of Fashion exhibition before the New Year and come and meet Father Christmas in his traditional Victorian green on selected days as he visits Killerton to experience the magic of Christmas.
This year, the popular Santa's Magical Kingdom at Otter Nurseries is opening on November 8th.
Book tickets for this date to enjoy lots of extra family fun. Characters from Cinderella will be there to greet the children, and donkeys from The Donkey Sanctuary are making an appearance. There's free face painting and lots to see.
Inside the grotto, children will meet singing reindeer Rudy and Judy, and enjoy interactive fun with the elves. There are exciting songs to sing-a-long to, Iceberg adventures, Mrs Christmas's kitchen and woodland walks.
It might seem early for some, but Christmas is never far from the minds of the staff and volunteers at Knightshayes, the National Trust property on the out skirts of Tiverton; and this year the team are pondering a very unusual question – what to do about the jolly man himself? They are looking for volunteers to support extended opening hours over the winter and, in particular, help with events in the run-up to Christmas. The property will be decorated for Christmas from 3 December with ‘Meet Father Christmas’ events running on the 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 December. There will also be...
Thursday 11th December sees the Exeter City playing squad in Princesshay and available for signing the new club calendar and all your Christmas club merchandise.
Exeter City Football Club, the Express and Echo and Radio Exe, with the support of Land Securities, are combining to make a special Christmas evening event in Princesshay between 5.00 and 7.00 pm on Thursday December 11th.
All the Grecians first team squad will be present plus popular mascot ‘Grecian The Lion’ and the club’s Football in the Community team will be there with an interactive football game and details...
Why not take the pressure out of Christmas this year by doing all your festive shopping in one go at the annual “Christmas Shopping Fayre”
With over 300 stands with 1000s of outstanding seasonal offers you will a greater choice of exciting gift ideas than in a high street full of shops.
For three fun-packed days Westpoint hosts an amazing range of retailers, manufacturers, craftspeople, wholesalers and importers from far and wide who transform the vast 4,500sq m hall into an Aladdin’s cave of wonderful gift ideas and essential Christmas items.
Pinhoe Guides are holding a Christmas shopping evening on Friday 21 November.
Twenty tables will be selling various items including jewellery, craft items, Christmas decorations and cards for sale along with mulled wine, nibbles and mince pies.
There will be a raffle towards the end of the evening. All the stallholders have donated a prize, and we have a couple of other competitions during the evening.
All the money raised will go towards the Pinhoe Guides' trip to Switzerland in August 2015.
Entry is free, although any donations on the door will be...
Groups of lads, couples, and families packed in to Exeter’s Corn Exchange over the weekend to watch the Vienna Festival Ballet’s adaption of The Nutcracker. The dance troupe, made up of male and female dancers from across the globe, gave me my first taste of a ballet show.
Props are minimal if not void for ballet shows, so it was the shadow of ballet shoes from beneath the curtains and music from Tchaikovsky that got the crowds buzzing with anticipation ahead of the performance.
The curtains drew up revealing a Christmas scenery flat, complete with a giant Christmas tree...
