Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Exeter, United Kingdom

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1 km
Ascend 44 m
Descend 7 m

Explore Exeter in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Exeter

Sight 1: Cricklepit Mill

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Cricklepit Mill is a visitor centre of the Devon Wildlife Trust, located in Exeter, in Devon, England.

Wikipedia: Cricklepit Mill (EN)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: St Mary Steps

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The Church of St Mary Steps is a Grade I Listed church in the city of Exeter, England.

Wikipedia: Church of St Mary Steps, Exeter (EN), Heritage Website

283 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: St Nicholas Priory

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The Benedictine Priory of St Nicholas or just St Nicholas Priory was a Benedictine monastery founded in Exeter, England, in 1087. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries the church and chapter house range were pulled down but the domestic buildings were left intact. Parts of the north and west ranges of the monastery survive with the west range now being a museum owned by Exeter Historic Buildings Trust.

Wikipedia: St Nicholas' Priory, Exeter (EN)

335 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: St Petroc's

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St Petrock's Church is a small church in the centre of Exeter with an interior described by Nicholas Pevsner as "among the most confusing of any church... in England". The church may have been founded as early as the 6th century, but other sources date it to the 11th century. William the Conqueror directed the City Provost to pay it one silver penny out of the public taxes, along with 29 other churches. The current building dates originally from early medieval times and is dedicated to St Petrock, who was a 6th-century Roman Catholic Welsh abbot who was later granted the title of saint by the Vatican.

Wikipedia: St Petrock's Church, Exeter (EN), Heritage Website

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Exeter Cathedral

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Exeter Cathedral Antony McCallum / CC BY-SA 3.0

Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400 and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaulted ceiling in the world.

Wikipedia: Exeter Cathedral (EN), Website, Heritage Website

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