Axminster Voyage Tips and guide

Axminster is a small town in East Devon, close to the Dorset border.

South West Trains from London Waterloo to 50.779-3.0051 Axminster station.

50°46′54″N 2°59′51″W

Map of Axminster

Bus service 885 connects Axminster to towns and villages including Colyton, Seaton & Beer.

• 50.78155-2.998671 Axminster Museum, Thomas Whitty House, Silver Street, EX13 5AH, ☏ +44 1297 639884. Tu-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 10AM-1PM. Museum of town and carpet history in an old carpet factory. (updated Mar 2016)
• 50.7784-3.02712 Axe Valley wildlife park, Summerleaze Farm, Kilmington, EX13 7RA. Tu-Su 10AM - 5PM. small zoo Adult £9.50, Child £7.00. (updated Mar 2016)
• 50.732149-3.0330953 Lower Bruckland Farm, Bruckland Ln, Musbury, ☏ +44 7721 429077. May-Oct: Sa Su 11:30AM-5PM. Nature reserve and tearoom. Adult £3.50, child £1.50.  
• 50.78247-2.994364 Flamingo Pool, Lyme Road, EX13 5AZ. Charity-run swimming pool. (updated Mar 2016)
• 50.741949-3.0175 Musbury castle. dawn to dusk. Iron age hill fort. (updated Aug 2020)
• 50.781683-2.9994156 St Mary's Church, Church St, EX13 5NU.  
• 50.77099-3.0534417 Shute and Kilmington woods.  
• 50.755169-2.987458 Trinity Hill nature reserve. and woods.  
• 50.7714-3.056779 Shute Barton, Shute, near Axminster, EX13 7PT, ☏ +44 1752 346585, [email protected]. Medieval house  

• 50.781705-3.0001171 Miltons Yard Shops, ☏ +44 7784 340276.  

• 50.778499-3.0308631 A35 Pit Stop, Kilmington Cross, ☏ +44 1297 598060. Cafe and B&B. (updated Mar 2016)
• The River Cottage Canteen. 

• 50.784098-2.990031 Millwater House, Stoney Lane EX13 5EE, ☏ +44 1297 35758, [email protected]. B&B set in an acre of gardens, short walk from the town centre. £55-85/night. (updated Mar 2016)
• 50.78558-2.9881762 Prestoller House, Beavor Lane EX13 5EQ, ☏ +44 1297 639403, [email protected]. Comfortable B&B with gardens, delicious breakfasts. £85-105/night. (updated Mar 2016)
• 50.8218-2.96033 Lower Keats Glamping, Broom Lane, Tytherleigh EX13 7AZ, ☏ +44 7540 367386. Glamping lodges and safari-tents on a working farm, open April-Sept. Dogs welcome. 3 nights from £700. (updated May 2022)

Axminster has 4G with all UK carriers. As of May 2022, 5G has not reached this area.

The famous coastal town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast can be reached by bus from Axminster train station in around 20-25 minutes.

Exeter ← merges with at Honiton ←

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