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Curious About Exeter - Quirky heritage walks for the Curious!

Curious About Exeter - Quirky heritage walks for the Curious!

Event Date: 
20/01/2023 - 10:30am to 31/12/2023 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter City Centre, starting Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX4 3RY

Have fun (re-)discovering Exeter, spotting things you’ve never noticed before, with two quirky treasure hunt style heritage walks - an all-year, fun and affordable way to enjoy some fresh air. Buy in printed booklet or instant download format (to print at home or use directly on up to three mobile devices) from https://www.curiousabout.co.uk/exeter.html and explore in your own time. Use code: Exeter15 for 15% off all Curious About walks.

Curious About Exeter visits not just the obvious places, but some unusual ones too, with hidden treasures to discover. Suitable for all ages,...

Stories of Scuba Diving

Event Date: 
04/03/2022 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Friday Club, St. Sidwell's Community Centre, Sidwell Street, Exeter, EX4 6NN

A talk hosted by Max, who has scuba dived all over the world. He will relate some of his experiences in a world of discovery.

Dr Ben Garrod's So You Think You Know Dinosaurs

Event Date: 
04/03/2018 - 3:00pm to 4:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

THE INTERACTIVE, HIT STAGE SHOW RETURNS STARRING DINO AFICIONADO DR BEN GARROD

So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs?

1hr 45m (incl. interval) Starring Ben Garrod.

So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs is the hit stage show starring dinosaur aficionado Dr Ben Garrod. Get ready to go on an exciting pre-historic adventure as Ben talks you through the deadliest predators that ever roamed the planet. Yes dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Allosaurus and Spinosaurus would have walked or swam right where you are now!

Pitting the knowledge of unwitting parents...

Exeter U3A Coffee Morning

Event Date: 
15/07/2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
St Stephens Church, High Street, Exeter EX4 3LN

A social and information event for everyone – members, especially new ones, and non-members.

A chance for current members to meet up, for new members to find out more about all the different groups , and for non-members to find out about Exeter U3A and all the activities and events it has to offer them. Exeter U3A is a cooperative of retired and semi-retired people who join together to enjoy educational and leisure activities.

Exeter U3A Coffee Morning

Event Date: 
15/07/2016 - 10:00am
Venue: 
St Stephens Church, High Street, Exeter EX4 3LN

A social and information event for everyone – members, especially new ones, and non-members.

A chance for current members to meet up, for new members to find out more about all the different groups, and for non-members to find out about Exeter U3A and all the activities and events it has to offer them.

Exeter U3A is a cooperative of retired and semi-retired people who join together to enjoy educational and leisure activities.

Exeter nurse features in health podcasts

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 01/05/2016 - 10:58am

An NHS team in Exeter has helped to produce a series of educational videos about bladder and bowel care for children and young people.

Fiona Boorman, a paediatric nurse specialist in the integrated bladder and bowel care team based at Franklyn House, was selected to be the face of the podcasts.

The videos were a joint venture between the service, which is managed by the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, and Virgin Care’s public health nursing team in the Crediton area.

The three videos are entitled ‘The importance of fluid intake for children and young people’, ‘...

Summer 2015: Owls Overhead

Event Date: 
03/08/2015 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Monday 3rd August, 10.00-13.00 (Cathedral Green)

Come along to the Cathedral Green and meet our owl expert Steve Hooper.

See his beautiful owls in the flesh/feather, as he tells you how to care for these magnificent creatures. Become an owl yourself by choosing a design from our face painting artist. Or you can get creative and make your own owls out of felt or paint a pet.

We also have our badge making machine which you can use to create an owl badge.

Donations welcome, crafts from £1.

Poor weather affects the birds so please check the website or...

Exeter Chiefs Corporate Quiz Night

Event Date: 
26/02/2014 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park
Wednesday 26th February - 7pm until 10pm at Sandy Park

Come and pit your wits against other sponsors in the Chiefs Corporate Quiz Night and be helped (or hindered!) by one of the Chiefs squad on your team

WITH SPECIAL QUIZ MASTER ON THE NIGHT - EXETER CHIEFS VERY OWN HAYDN THOMAS!

£150 +VAT per team of 6 - Includes Finger Buffet

A CHIEFS PLAYER ALLOCATED TO THE FIRST 20 TEAMS BOOKED*

To book call the Events Team on 01392 427 427 or email events@sandypark.co.uk

Proceeds raised on the night going to the Exeter Foundation www.exeterfoundation.org.uk...

10 websites that will make you Smarter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 02/04/2014 - 1:06pm

#10 – The CIA World Factbook

You probably already know that CIA has information about pretty much everything in the world. However, what you might not know is they make most of this information available to the public on their website. You can find tons of useful information and facts, all coming from reputable sources.

Website: The CIA World Factbook

#9 – CliffsNotes

This website is very useful for high school and college students. CliffNotes has a lot of study guides and test preps, as well as resources for harder subjects like...