👋🏼 Welcome to Exeter in Devon, one of Britain’s forgotten cities and best kept secrets.

This is a city that rarely makes those ‘Top 10 Must Visit Places’ lists but we decided to give this underrated destination a chance and we were shocked.

Join us as we explore Killerton House and its beautiful grounds, stepping in to a bygone era from Exeter’s past before we head in to the city centre where we are greeted by free museums and a city full of medieval history hidden among the modern buildings.

We visit the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and find a quirky little cafe for lunch before discovering the Medieval Exe Bridge, Stepcote Hill, Exeter Cathedral and the narrowest street in the world (apparently)!

Out of all of Britain’s cities we have visited so far, this one may have surprised us the most!

🛜 If you are planning a visit to Exeter, their visitor information pages may help 👉🏻 https://www.visitexeter.com

Killerton 👉🏻 https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/killerton
The Glorious Art House 👉🏻 https://www.thegloriousarthouse.com
RAMM 👉🏻 https://rammuseum.org.uk
Where we parked 👉🏻 https://exeter.gov.uk/car-parking/car-parks/zone-1-car-parks/howell-road-car-park/

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👀 You can also join us exploring more of Britain’s forgotten medieval cities by watching this video next 👉🏻 https://youtu.be/NgYSzxmbEfE?si=hbKuXLpY02IkY16e

⭐️VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS⭐️
00:00 Introduction to Exeter
00:19 Killerton
07:02 Royal Albert Memorial Museum
08:33 The Glorious Art House
09:38 The Medieval Exe Bridge
11:34 The House That Moved
13:04 Stepcote Hill
14:58 Exeter Cathedral
15:32 Exeter City Centre
17:40 Parliament Street
18:48 Exeter Castle

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When was Exeter Cathedral built?

This short film was made by NRG Digital (http://nrg-digital.co.uk/) for Exeter Cathedral Education Department to give visiting groups an introduction to our story.

Exeter in Devon.



Full titles read: "THE CITY OF EXE - EXETER"



L/S's of the city of Exeter. Good shots of the picturesque countryside just outside the main city. L/S's of the River Exe and several yacht and boats on it. High shot of one of the main street. M/S of the guildhall which the commentator says is the oldest civic meeting place in Britain. L/S's and M/S's of the cathedral. Good L/S's of the ancient buildings of Cathedral Close. L/S's of the ruins of the Norman castle. Various more good shots of a very beautiful city.
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Step inside the haunted heart of Exeter...

In this atmospheric walk through Rougemont Castle, we uncover its chilling legacy — from its Norman foundations in 1068 to the last witch trials in England. Learn the tragic fate of the Bideford Witches, how King James I’s obsession with the occult shaped national panic, and why this castle still carries an air of unease centuries later.

I brought my K2 meter and ran a Spirit Talker session on the castle grounds....The spirits might not be just stories....

Join me for a haunted walk through shadowy gardens, past ancient stone walls, and into the echoes of trials, executions, and things that still whisper in the silence.

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Historic England Listing for Rougemont Castle
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1003891

Wikipedia – Rougemont Castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rougemont_Castle

Exeter Memories – History of Rougemont Castle
https://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_buildings/castle.php

BBC – The Last Witches of England (Bideford Witches)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/legends/bideford_witches.shtml

Royal Historical Society – Witch Trials in Devon
(Often cited in academic sources; original articles may be behind paywalls)

British History Online – Exeter Assizes and Judicial History
https://www.british-history.ac.uk

Shakespeare’s Richard III (Act 4, Scene 2)

The Witchcraft Act 1604 (Historical UK Statutes)
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Jac1/1/12/contents

Devon Heritage Centre (for archival records on the 1682 witch trials)
https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives
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Exeter is the gateway city to southwest England and is the historic capital of the county of Devon. Home to over two millennia worth of history, today you can explore Roman ruins, Norman fortifications, and medieval churches. Despite being home to around 130,000 residents, the city is pretty small and compact, meaning you can easily explore Exeter over the course of a weekend.

Exeter also has great train links to the nearby green rolling hills that Devon is so famous for, as well as to the sea thanks to its position on the River Exe. In this travel guide we're going to take you to some of Exeter's top attractions, and even show you some hidden gems. We'll then venture to Devon's oldest brewery pub (on a request stop train line) before heading to see some rare birds in the estuary town of Topsham.

📚 Video chapters:
Introduction: 00:00
Drake's Café: 00:00:50
Exeter Cathedral: 00:01:17
Exeter Cathedral Close: 00:03:16
Exeter High Street: 00:04:44
Princesshay: 00:06:45
Exeter Castle: 00:07:22
Gandy Street: 00:08:23
RAMM: 00:09:00
Stepcote Hill: 00:09:48
Newton St Cyres: 00:10:36
Topsham: 00:16:28

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Thanks for the inspiration for this video goes to: Exeter University and their Team. Especially Dr Chris Smart and Joao Fonte.

Welcome to this weeks video where we take a walk around the ancient walls of Exeter and discuss how the current understanding of Roman Britain in the South West of England, is by and large, misunderstood.

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Credits: Music: Storyblocks
Sound Effects: Epidemicsound and Storyblocks
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Other Credits:
Roman Walls Image: Exeter City Council
Roman Exeter Image: RAMM
Images of work by UofE: University Of Exeter Media handouts

Main Sources:
https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences/roman-road-network-spanning-the-south-west-identified-in-new-research/
https://roadsofromanbritain.org/

A sleepy Sunday afternoon in Exeter, 1987.
A shaky home movie driving around Exeter on a sleepy Sunday afternoon in 1987. If you lived in these streets, look out for your car! Itinerary as follows:
00:00 Thornpark Rise Shops
00:48 Thornpark Rise
02:07 Heather Close
03:12 Vaughan Road
03:20 The Pre Fabs
03:56 Rennes House
04:15 Whipton Barton School
04:44 Whipton Village Shops
05:44 Summer Lane
06:32 Beacon Heath School (also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agq7t...)
07:28 Devon County Showground
08:09 Beacon Heath Sunday football
08:41 Beacon Lane
09:18 King Arthurs Road
11:00 Lancelot Road
11:45 Pellinore Road
12:20 King Arthurs Road
12:43 Beacon Lane Shops
13:33 Prince Charles Road
13:53 Old Tiverton Road
14:50 Odeon Cinema
15:34 Bus Station
16:29 Paris Street
16:52 ABC mid demolition.
17:00 City Centre
18:15 South Street
20:08 St Leonards
20:52 Looking over the canal.


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Exeter is a city of great beauty and a place very close to my heart. These are a few still images sourced from the public domain and edited together to make this montage. The damage to the Odeon Cinema by a wartime bomb can still be seen today if you look at the chunks missing from the steps and entrance way. It must be said the City Council are systematicaly finishing the work of the Luftwaffe, and so many of these old buildings have been demolished in my lifetime. The ornate Street lamps that can be seen in many of these images still exist in the Councils yard on Marsh Barton. .

In this episode Dr Sam Willis explores the Exeter Ship Canal which, with the exception of the Roman 'Fossdyke' is the oldest manmade waterway in Britain. Canal building is usually associated with the canal mania which gripped Britain between 1790 and the 1820s as the early years of the industrial revolution both posed problems and created solutions for those wishing to travel and transport goods across Britain. But the Exeter ship canal is 230 years OLDER than that. It was built in various stages but the first section was built in 1563 - in the Tudor period when Elizabeth I was queen. Sam meets Todd Gray a historian of Devon to find out more. The episode was filmed with incredible new done footage that shows the navigation from the city centre to the heart of the Exe estuary as never before.