Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Exeter, United Kingdom

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.5 km
Ascend 21 m
Descend 34 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: Barnfield Theatre

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The Barnfield Theatre is a theatre in Exeter, England, located near the centre of the city on Barnfield Road, Southernhay. It was originally built as the Barnfield Hall near the end of the 19th century by Exeter Literary Society, and was converted to a theatre in 1972.

Wikipedia: Barnfield Theatre (EN), Website

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: St Martin's

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St Martin's Church in Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon, England was built in the 15th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was vested in the Trust on 1 August 1995.

Wikipedia: St Martin's Church, Exeter (EN)

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: 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

232 meters / 3 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

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: St Pancras' Church

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St Pancras Church is a small church situated in the middle of the Guildhall Shopping Centre in Exeter. The majority of the church dates from the thirteenth century, although the font is eleventh century. The church probably occupies the oldest Christian site in Exeter, and is usually open on weekdays. The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.

Wikipedia: St Pancras Church, Exeter (EN)

564 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: St Michael and All Angels' Church

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St Michael and All Angels' Churchhttp://www.wyrdlight.com Author: Antony McCallum / CC BY-SA 3.0

St Michael and All Angels Church, on Mount Dinham in Exeter is an Anglican church in Devon, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The church is Anglo-Catholic in tradition. The building in is the early Gothic style and was built to the designs of Major Rohde Hawkins, 1867–68. The reredos is by W. D. Caroe, 1899.

Wikipedia: St Michael and All Angels Church, Mount Dinham, Exeter (EN)

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