Name: Curious About Exeter
Rating: 5.0

Curious About Exeter

Starts at Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3RY, England

1-90 Years

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Curious About Exeter is a self-guided walking tour experience that explores the city’s rich history and architecture. It combines heritage walks with a fun treasure hunt format, making it ideal for families and friends. The activity allows visitors to discover Exeter’s landmarks, hidden gems and cultural history at their own pace.

Visitors can take part in two self-guided heritage walks with an optional treasure hunt, solving clues based on historical locations. The routes include Gardens to Cathedral (1.5 miles / 2.4 kms) and Cathedral to Quayside (1 mile / 1.6 kms), passing landmarks such as Northernhay Gardens, Rougemont Gardens, Exeter Castle, Cathedral Green, city walls, churches, almshouses and the quayside. Participants follow maps, identify picture clues and explore the city centre while learning about its history.

The experience is available as a downloadable and printable version for £7.49 or as a booklet for £7.99 plus P&P.

Overall, Curious About Exeter offers an engaging and flexible way to explore the city while solving puzzles and learning about its past. With its mix of sightseeing, walking and interactive challenges, it provides a fun and social activity for all ages. It is a great way to discover Exeter in an enjoyable and informative manner.

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Embark on our self-guided walking tours in Exeter, designed to lead you through the city's rich history and stunning architecture. These heritage walks offer a unique treasure hunt experience, perfect for families and friends seeking to uncover Exeter's hidden gems.
Whether you're interested in historic landmarks or simply enjoying a leisurely stroll, our tours provide an engaging way to explore Exeter's city centre. Exeter is an exciting and vibrant city in the beautiful county of Devon, close to the sparkling sea and moody moors.
Dating back two millennia there's a castle on a red stone hill, miles of city walls, ruined almshouses, a medieval Guildhall and a stunning cathedral. Mixing modern with ancient there's a church in a shopping mall, quirky shops, and contemporary eateries nestling in an ancient quay.
Finally, with elegantly laid out Gardens, a lively Cathedral Green and attractive tree-lined streets, there are plenty of places to rest, savour and play. An exploration of Exeter's city centre with two self-guided heritage walks with an optional treasure hunt.
Completing the treasure hunt keeps everyone actively engaged, and urges you to look up, down and every which-way - so you won't miss out on any of the city's treasures.
Most clues are chosen for their historical value, so you'll learn about the diverse culture, significant people and extraordinary events which have influenced Exeter in becoming what it is today.
This is an outdoor, unsupervised activity - so you can go at a pace which suits you, whilst keeping you healthy! A Curious About walk is a fun and social activity for all the family and friends.
Different people can take on different roles - follow the map, identify picture clues, read directions, etc - it's ideal for children from the age of 6, and if you can walk/wheelchair it, you're young enough!
The two walks have been designed so that the second one follows on from where the first one ends. Do both, or have a breather and do the second one another day! They both start and finish in the heart of the city - so buses, trains and car parks are easily available to get you there and back.

What to see

Gardens to Cathedral - 1.5 miles / 2.4 kms: This walk starts at the intriguing Northernhay Gardens - a delight to explore - before probing the charm of Rougemont Gardens with its city walls. Sweeping past Exeter Castle you’ll enter busy and quirky shopping streets, one housing an ancient church, before stumbling across the ruins of bygone almshouses. Next there’s a Roman Way and elegant promenades, before arriving at the splendour of Exeter’s spectacular Cathedral.
Cathedral to Quayside - 1 mile / 1.6 kms: Walking beside Cathedral Green will take you back to an earlier, graceful era, before passing an early medieval church, Exeter Cathedral School and a 14th century Bishop’s Palace gateway. Now it’s downhill all the way, past a Baptist Church, city walls, and the Custom House – before the Exeter quayside expands before you – a river and canal with old-world charm, combined with stylish living, eating and drinking!