Understand
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Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]A376 from Exeter to Exmouth passes through the village at the top end away from the Estuary.
By train
[edit]1 Lympstone Village station is on the Exmouth to Exeter line.
Lympstone Village station should not be confused with 2 Lympstone Commando station that is only open to visitors of the nearby Royal Marine Commando Training Centre.
By foot
[edit]- There is a footpath from Exmouth
Get around
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Map of Lympstone
The village is walkable.
See
[edit]- 1 Peter's Tower. An Italianate riverfront brick clock tower built around 1885.
- 2 A la Ronde, Summer Lane, EX8 5BD, ☏ +44 1395 265514, [email protected]. A peculiar hexadecagon-shaped (16-sided) manor house with lozenge shaped windows run by the National Trust.
Do
[edit]- Walking on Woodbury Common.
- 1 Woodbury Park, Woodbury Castle, Warkidons Way, Woodbury, EX5 1JJ, ☏ +44 1395 233382, [email protected]. Golf course that until 2007 was owned by Formula One racer Nigel Mansell.
- Sailing
- Water skiing
- Bird watching
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 The Globe Inn, The Strand, EX8 5EY, ☏ +44 1395 263166.
- Swan, ☏ +44 1395 270403. The Strand.
- Redwing Inn, ☏ +44 1395 222156. Church Road.
- Saddlers Arms, ☏ +44 1395 272798. Exeter Rd.
- Nutwell Lodge Hotel, ☏ +44 1392 873279. Exmouth Road. A good way to spend a Sunday afternoon if you want a decently priced carvery.
- Atrium Restaurant @ Woodbury Park, Woodbury, ☏ +44 1395 233382. Relaxed, fine dining using local produce, this award winning restaurant is situated within the 4-star Woodbury Park hotel. Restaurant Manager Warwick Mogford's friendly approach & Head Chef Matthew Picket's innovative menu make it worth a trip.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Gulliford Farm, Exmouth Rd, EX8 5AQ, ☏ +44 1392 873067. B&B in lovely old farmhouse with swimming pool, tennis court, large bedrooms, or self-catering accommodation in a choice of three cottages in country locations.
- Coach House. 30-ft-long, heated, indoor swimming pool.
- 2 Lympstone Manor.
Go next
[edit]- Visit Powderham Castle on the opposite side of the Exe Estuary.
- Bicton Park botanical gardens.
| Routes through Lympstone |
| Exeter ← Exton ← | N  S
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→ Exmouth |