Lympstone
Lympstone is a former fishing village in East Devon, between Exeter and Exmouth. It has become a home mainly for commuters and tourists.
Understand
Lympstone
Get in
By car
A376 from Exeter to Exmouth passes through the village at the top end away from the Estuary.
By train
🌍 Lympstone Village station is on the Exmouth to Exeter line.
Lympstone Village station should not be confused with 🌍 Lympstone Commando station that is only open to visitors of the nearby Royal Marine Commando Training Centre.
By foot
- There is a footpath from Exmouth
Get around
The village is walkable.
See
- 🌍 Peter's Tower. An Italianate riverfront brick clock tower built around 1885.
- 🌍 A la Ronde, Summer Lane, EX8 5BD, ☏ +44 1395 265514, alaronde@nationaltrust.org.uk. A peculiar hexadecagon-shaped (16-sided) manor house with lozenge shaped windows run by the National Trust.
Do
- Walking on Woodbury Common.
- 🌍 Woodbury Park, Woodbury Castle, Warkidons Way, Woodbury, EX5 1JJ, ☏ +44 1395 233382, events@woodburypark.co.uk. Golf course that until 2007 was owned by Formula One racer Nigel Mansell.
- Sailing
- Water skiing
- Bird watching
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 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
Sleep
- 🌍 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.
- 🌍 Lympstone Manor.
Go next
- Visit Powderham Castle on the opposite side of the Exe Estuary.
- Bicton Park botanical gardens.
| Routes through Lympstone |
| Exeter ← Exton ← | N  S |
→ Exmouth |
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