Axminster

Axminster is a small town in the English county of Devon, close to the Dorset border.

Shute Barton

Get in

By train

South West Trains from London Waterloo to 🌍 Axminster station.

Get around

See

• 🌍 Axminster Museum, Thomas Whitty House, Silver Street, EX13 5AH, ☎ [phone]. Tu-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 10AM-1PM. Museum of town and carpet history in an old carpet factory. (updated Mar 2016)
• 🌍 Axe Valley wildlife park, Summerleaze Farm, Kilmington, EX13 7RA. Tu-Su 10AM - 5PM. small zoo Adult £9.50, Child £7.00. (updated Mar 2016)
• Lower Bruckland Farm. May-Oct: Sa Su 11:30AM-5PM. Nature reserve and tearoom. Adult £3.50, child £1.50. 
• 🌍 Flamingo Pool, Lyme Road, EX13 5AZ. Charity-run swimming pool. (updated Mar 2016)
• 🌍 Musbury castle. Iron age hill fort  
• 🌍 St Mary's Church, Church St, EX13 5NU. 
• Shute and Kilmington woods. 
• Trinity Hill nature reserve. and woods 
• 🌍 Shute Barton, Shute, near Axminster, EX13 7PT, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Medieval house  

Do

Buy

• Miltons Yard shopping centre. 

Eat

• 🌍 A35 Pit Stop, Kilmington Cross, ☎ [phone]. Cafe and B&B. (updated Mar 2016)
• The River Cottage Canteen. 

Drink

Sleep

• 🌍 Millwater House Bed & Breakfast, Stoney Lane, EX13 5EE, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Set in an acre of gardens, short walk from the town centre. £55-85/night. (updated Mar 2016)
• 🌍 Prestoller House Bed and Breakfast, Beavor Lane, EX13 5EQ, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]/. Comfortable B&B with gardens, delicious breakfasts. £85-105/night. (updated Mar 2016)

Connect

Go next

The famous coastal town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast can be reached by bus from Axminster train station in around 20-25 minutes.

Routes through Axminster

Exeter ← merges with at Honiton ←

NW  SE

→ Charmouth → Dorchester