Lympstone
Lympstone is a former fishing village in Devon, between Exeter and Exmouth. It has become a home mainly for commuters and tourists.
Lympstone
Get in
By car
A376 from Exeter to Exmouth passes through the village at the top end away from the Estuary.
By train
🌍 Lympstone Village station is on the Exmouth to Exeter line.
Lympstone Village station is not to be confused with 🌍 Lympstone Commando station that is only open to visitors of the nearby Royal Marine Commando Training Centre.
By foot
- There is a footpath from Exmouth
Get around
The village is walkable.
See
- 🌍 Peter's Tower. an Italianate riverfront brick clock tower built around 1885
- 🌍
A la Ronde, Summer Lane, EX8 5BD, ☎ +1395 265514, e-mail: alaronde@nationaltrust.org.uk. A peculiar hexadecagon shaped (16-sided) manor house with lozenge shaped windows run by the National Trust.
Do
- Walking on Woodbury Common.
- 🌍 Woodbury Park, Woodbury Castle, Warkidons Way, Woodbury, EX5 1JJ, ☎ +44 1395 233382, e-mail: events@woodburypark.co.uk. Golf course that until recently owned by formula one racer Nigel Mansell.
- Sailing
- Water Skiing
- Bird Watching
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 The Globe Inn, The Strand, EX8 5EY, ☎ +44 1395 263166.
- Swan, ☎ +44 1395 270403. The Strand,
- Redwing Inn, ☎ +44 1395 222156. Church Road,
- Saddlers Arms, ☎ +44 1395 272798. Exeter Rd,
- Nutwell Lodge Hotel, ☎ +44 1392 873279. Exmouth Road, A good way to spend a Sunday afternoon if you want a decently priced carvery.
- Atrium Restaurant @ Woodbury Park, Woodbury, ☎ +44 1395 233382. Relaxed, fine dining using local produce, this award winning restaurant is situated within the 4* Woodbury Park hotel. Restaurant Manager Warwick Mogford's friendly approch & Head Chef Matthew Picket's innovative menu make it worth a trip.
Drink
Sleep
- 🌍 Gulliford Farm, Exmouth Rd, EX8 5AQ, ☎ +44 1392 873067. B&B in lovely old farmhouse with swimming pool, tennis court, large bedrooms etc. or self catering accommodation in a choice of three cottages in country locations.
- Coach House. (30ft long, heated, indoor swimming pool)
- 🌍
Lympstone Manor.
Go next
- Visit Powderham Castle on the opposite side of the Exe Estuary.
- Bicton Park botanical gardens.
| Routes through Lympstone |
| Exeter ← Exton ← | N  |
→ Exmouth |
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