Father Christmas

Santa's on his way to Exeter... by bus!

Santa will be setting a new ‘gold standard’ in travel when he arrives in Exeter on a luxury bus where he’ll be encouraging shoppers to donate and decorate themselves for charity!

Teaming up with Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF), Stagecoach South West will bring Santa to Princesshay shopping centre on Friday December 11 on one of the company’s new Gold buses, which feature leather seats, extra legroom, free Wi-Fi and USB ports.

It’s all in aid of ELF’s EARS 4 ELF day, which is helping to raise awareness and funds to help families across Devon affected by blood cancers and blood...

Meet Exeter’s only green Father Christmas!

Exeter’s only green Father Christmas will be visiting Cricklepit Mill on Sunday 6th December for a day of family fun.

The annual Christmas celebration at Devon Wildlife Trust’s historic mill is only a few minutes’ walk from the High Street and offers families a chance to take a break from the shops and get creative with Christmas crafts! Christmas at Cricklepit is being held on Sunday 6th December from 11am – 4pm and is a day of free family activities. Visitors will have the chance to have a go at willow weaving and making natural Christmas decorations ready to hang up on their...

Meet Exeter’s only green Father Christmas!

Event Date: 
06/12/2015 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Cricklepit Mill, Exeter Quay

Exeter’s only green Father Christmas will be visiting Cricklepit Mill on Sunday 6th December for a day of family fun.

The annual Christmas celebration at Devon Wildlife Trust’s historic mill is only a few minutes’ walk from the High Street and offers families a chance to take a break from the shops and get creative with Christmas crafts!

Christmas at Cricklepit is being held on Sunday 6th December from 11am – 4pm and is a day of free family activities.

Visitors will have the chance to have a go at willow weaving and making natural Christmas decorations ready to hang...

Motorbiking Santas wanted!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 10/31/2015 - 11:52pm

A festive motorbike cavalcade with a special difference will take place just a couple of weeks before Christmas this year – and YOU could be part of it.

The riders will be delivering Christmas toys to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at the South West Children’s Hospice.

So why not arm yourself with a Santa suit, decorate your motorbike with some tinsel or antlers and join the Exeter Based Motorbike Rides group for a ride to remember?

This is the second Exeter Santa Ride, the first one last year was very memorable with well over a hundred bikers all turning...

Santa’s Grotto launch open to all

Event Date: 
14/11/2015 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Otter Nurseries, Gosford Lane, Ottery St Mary EX11 1LZ

The extremely popular Magical Kingdom at Otter Nurseries in Ottery St Mary is set to open this year on Saturday November 14th, and everyone’s invited.

Visitors will be able to enjoy shows from the Dartmoor Reptiles team with the opportunity to get up close not only to reptiles but also spiders and ‘mini-beasts’.

There will also be more traditional activities and entertainment to enjoy, including face painting and a chance to meet the delightful Munchkins ponies. Customers might encounter classic pantomime characters from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves courtesy of the Exeter...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

If you are looking for something to do or somewhere to go this weekend, there’s plenty to choose from in our guide to What's On in and around Exeter.

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Jack and the Beanstalk Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter Fee fi fo fum! One minute Jack's mother is chucking his magic beans in the bin, the next thing he knows he's whisked off to a land of giants where great treasures await... unless he ends up in an enormous cooking pot! With a stellar cast, Kickline returns with the same incredible mix of magic, laughs and silly sing-alongs that made 'Cinderella' such a...

Otter Nurseries voted top for Santa in Primary Times Reader Star Awards 2014

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Sat, 11/29/2014 - 1:47pm

Staff at Otter Nurseries were delighted to learn that readers of Primary Times have voted the garden centre’s grotto as the best place to celebrate Christmas with Santa in Devon.

Over the last few months families from across Devon have been voting en mass in the magazine’s highly regarded Reader Star Awards, designed to recognise favourable, local family friendly places and people.

Otter Nurseries Managing Director, Jacqui Taylor said: “We are over the moon to be chosen by the readers of Primary Times as the winners in their new Christmas/Santa Event category.

“Each...

Father Christmas at Killerton

Event Date: 
20/12/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst

Ho ho ho! Father Christmas parks his sledge on the Killerton drive, and gets everyone in the festive spirit.

As he is especially visiting Killerton, Father Christmas has promised to be dressed in his special green robes, as he traditionally was in the Victorian era. He'll be waiting to meet you by a roaring log fire in the Music Room.

Every child aged 8 and under receives a gift!

Tickets £3 per child.

Two sessions 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm

Father Christmas at Killerton

Event Date: 
13/12/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst

Ho ho ho! Father Christmas parks his sledge on the Killerton drive, and gets everyone in the festive spirit.

As he is especially visiting Killerton, Father Christmas has promised to be dressed in his special green robes, as he traditionally was in the Victorian era. He'll be waiting to meet you by a roaring log fire in the Music Room.

Every child aged 8 and under receives a gift!

Tickets £3 per child.

Two sessions 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm

Father Christmas at Killerton

Event Date: 
06/12/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst

Ho ho ho! Father Christmas parks his sledge on the Killerton drive, and gets everyone in the festive spirit.

As he is especially visiting Killerton, Father Christmas has promised to be dressed in his special green robes, as he traditionally was in the Victorian era. He'll be waiting to meet you by a roaring log fire in the Music Room.

Every child aged 8 and under receives a gift!

Tickets £3 per child.

Two sessions 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm

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