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Coop dream team, with partner charities Sense and Exeter Hindu Cultural Centre

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We love our local Coop!

So practical to have it on the door step.

Love the late opening hours.

Helpful staff

Ethical organisation

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a garden for the community

not far from my house

anyone can get involved

my kids learn about gardening

it's free and we get lots of veg

everyone is welcome

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Exwick Parish Hall, Station Road, Exeter

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Such a warm welcome

Lovely people

Great food

diversity

important focal point for the Hindu community

The colours - we love the colours!

Children learning about hinduism

seasonal festivals

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Lilac Bakery, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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Lilac Bakery, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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Lilac Bakery, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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Officially one of the best bakeries in the country! I go there with my housemate for special Saturdays...

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Shillingford Organics Farm Shop & Café, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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Shillingford Organics Farm Shop & Café, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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Shillingford Organics Farm Shop & Café, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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Great place for work meetings and to buy local veg. There is also a handy notice board with info about community events!

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Farm Shop & Cafe | Shillingford Organics

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From local fields to St Thomas tables. Pop by our farm shop & cafe on Cowick Street to purchase our produce & tuck into delicious, seasonal dishes.

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Lovely place to grow, listen to the swans flying overhead and connect with nature.

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an important place for us as a family to connect with community and being creative

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A community garden on our door step! They run workshops about organic growing and much more.

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St Thomas the Apostle Church, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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St Thomas the Apostle Church, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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St Thomas the Apostle Church, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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Love the community events at the parish hall.

All Souls' Festival is an important opportunity to think about lost loved ones.

Love St Thomas Summer Festival in the grounds - we love it!

The church and tower is a focal point. I love walking past it and think about the history.

There is so much wildlife to observe in the beautiful grounds!

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Fun and fitness on the water :)

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St Thomas Library, Emmanuel Road, Exeter

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St Thomas Library, Emmanuel Road, Exeter

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St Thomas Library, Emmanuel Road, Exeter

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It's great to have our own library here in St Thomas. Lovely, knowledgable staff and community event. We meet our friends there.

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Great cafe and community, beautiful walk through the park!

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St Thomas has very much got a village feel and great community.

I like the feel of it - every time I come, I say Hello to more people.

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St Thomas Railway Station, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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St Thomas Railway Station, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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St Thomas Railway Station, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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It takes me places!

Great to have a train station locally.

It connects us to other parts of the city and region.

St Thomas train station is my entry point to St Thomas.

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Exeter St Thomas railway station - Wikipedia

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Ride On is a fantastic organisation.

I teach adult confidence there.

Free adult bike maintenance lessons.

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Ride On - Cycling For All sells refurbished second hand bikes and delivers bicycle training from our workshop at Exeter Quay.

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St Thomas Community Food Hub, Love Food CIC, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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St Thomas Community Food Hub, Love Food CIC, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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St Thomas Community Food Hub, Love Food CIC, Cowick Street, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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Excellent community food hub!

We enjoy the workshop and cooking classes.

The swap shop is very useful.

They have the community fridge - it's a live-line for many!

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LOVE Food CIC is a new community-based organisation that organises activities to increase access to, and raise awareness of the benefits of, Local, Organic, Vegan, Ethical Food for animals, health and the environment. We run lunch clubs, cookery classes, and other food projects.

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LOVE Food CIC is a new community-based organisation that organises activities to increase access to, and raise awareness of the benefits of, local, organic, vegan, ethical food for animals, health and the environment. We run lunch clubs, cookery classes, and other food projects.

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Our local wassail! It's such a lovely occassion and brings the community together.

Connect to nature, gather round the fire, listen to people's stories...

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Discover FLOW River Orchard and why it is important to the local community.

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One of the most beautiful sights in the city!

A waterfall of perfumed air, so magical.

The Wisteria Festival is a fabulous idea - brings people together and makes us appreciated what we have on our door step.

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Such an old building, full of history - great play area for the kids.

We love the fireworks!

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Mark Jephcott Oak McKay and team welcome you to the new look Cowick Barton. A major investment has seen the Cowick Barton sympathetically rejuvenated and become a beautiful pub to visit

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One of the oldest places in St Thomas - it has a beautiful Medieval hall.

I love walking past it.

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We love the wildlife here and the ancient trees. Such a peaceful place.

The cherry trees are stunning in spring!

Fabulous views across the valley.

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I love the cricket - watching and playing.

Being out in nature doing sports is good for my wellbeing.

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Exwick Cricket Club – Friendly Cricket in the Heart of Exeter

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love this pub - it's my local and I meet my friends here.

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There are as many definitions as there are beer lovers! Essentially a craft beer is one that has been made with individual care and attention and focuses on flavour above all else.

A rich and welcoming stout, 4.2% abv, brewed from 100% Scottish grown barley, fresh local water and a unique Belhaven yeast with a blend of roast barley, roasted black malt and a light roasted chocolate malt. This creates a deliciously deep, smooth, full-bodied stout with a hint of sweet chocolate and a rich dark finish - without the bitterness of other stouts. The ideal pint for those seeking a full flavoured, rewarding beer with a rich history. A TRUE SCOT!

Ice Breaker, a deliciously refreshing, easy drinking, unfiltered pale ale is the first beer crafted by the brewing apprentices, to graduate into the core Greene King beers portfolio. A 4.5% unfiltered pale ale which is bursting with fruity hop flavour. Brewed with Citra and Simcoe hops, it emanates waves of guava and passion fruit which crash with big citrus flavours for this bold pale ale.

Cocktails and More...

our current lager selection is Pravha, San Miguel, Bierra Moretti and ABK Helles and we have a wide selection of wines, spirits and non alcoholic drinks and an extensive cocktail menu

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The Thatched House, Exwick Road EX42BQ 01392 272920

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The Thatched House welcomes you to try its excellent home made locally sourced food and wide selection of local real ales

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I watch the Great Crested Grebes on the flood relief channel at Exwick. They breed here. Also, there are breeding sand martins on the radial gate.

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Love to run around "the back" near Alphin Brook - so nice to be so close to the city but in the countryside!

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Hambeer Lane is different in every season. There is a sense of the ancient route here...

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How exciting to have a badger set near to where we live!

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It feels like a bit of a hidden spot. Amazing views across the city and valley

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Wonderful views up the Exe Valley and down the estuary and out to sea. Across to Blackdown Hills.

Fireworks - best place to watch them!

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Love the bench and the view.

I walk my dog here.

Fresh air and a sense of openess.

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We listen to the birds here. Feels remote and calm.

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My dog loves to swim here.

Countryside feeling.

I spotted an otter here once - he must have got lost and was gone after a few days.

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Amazing views from Dunsford Hill.

Love running the Green Circle Walk.

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Piazza Terracina, 44 Waterside, Exeter EX2 8GX, UK

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We come here to socialise; you always meet someone you know.

Great pub and bakery, and fabulous to be so near to the water.

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Pinces Gardens, Pinces Rd, Exeter EX2 9EN, UK

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It's so restful here; I always see someone to chat to. If not, I can talks to the trees.

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The first of Exeter's notable nurseries was William Lucombe's at St Thomas founded on this site in 1720. The most famous introduction was the Lucombe Oak. The nursery became Lucombe, Pince & Co in the 1820's. Their catalogue (c.1870) featured an illustration of part of their Italian garden. The nursery, shaded by fine old Lucombe oaks, was famous for its 'Wonder of the West' strain of cinerarias, calceolarias, and an extensive rockery. In the nineteenth century the nursery was renowned for its vast glasshouses packed with orchids, gardenias and rare palms. The nursery was sold in 1890 to The Exeter Nursery Company. In 1912 Exeter City Council bought the site and converted it into a pleasure ground. The 45 yard long pergola of mature wisteria was one of the main features of the nursery in the 1880's and is still the most impressive feature today. The pergola is a very light construction of metal hoops and is reminiscent of the pleached alleys in Tudor gardens. The simple lodge and pavilions are of traditional design and together with the well kept bowling green and croquet lawn give a satisfying feeling to the pleasure ground.

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The first of Exeter's notable nurseries was William Lucombe's at St Thomas founded on this site in 1720. The most famous introduction was the Lucombe Oak. The nursery became Lucombe, Pince & Co in the 1820's. Their catalogue (c.1870) featured an illustration of part of their Italian garden.

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We stop to watch the cormorants drying their wings

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Miller’s Bridge (2002) crossing the River Exe - Exeter, Devon

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Riverside Leisure Centre, Cowick Street, Exeter

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I have swimming lessons here. I love swimming and meeting my friends.

Convenient and affordable spa area.

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St Thomas Pleasure Ground, Saint Thomas, Exeter

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We love the paddling pool/splash area.

Great to bring the children.

Green space near the home is so important.

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Cowick Barton Playing Fields, Barton Road, Exeter

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We come here to walk the dog, play football and even tennis.

It's a friendly place and we meet our friends here.

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home | Cowick Barton Playing Fields junior parkrun | Cowick Barton Playing Fields junior parkrun

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Cowick Barton Playing Fields junior parkrun is one of many worldwide free, fun, and friendly 5k community events that takes place every week

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Beautiful little spot with an apple orchard, very peaceful.

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Community matters here.

Organic garden and farm shop.

Orchard for everyone and art projects.

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West Town Farm is an organic, regenerative and ‘Pasture for Life’ farm set within the Devonshire countryside. We host weddings, family days, live music and art events in our beautiful open-sided barn and also offer event space to hire. To connect people with nature we offer camping and glamping in the Ide Valley and stock fresh pasture fed beef in our onsite shop.

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A foundry producing manillas, used in the African slave trade. No remains of the building survive.

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Only the gate remains.

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An old workhouse turned hospital. You'd never know it until you see it from above.

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A history of the St Thomas or Redhills Workhouse that opened in 1837.

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An old marker reminding us of the past.

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23 Buller Rd, St Thomas, Exeter EX4 1BZ, UK

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One Mile Bakery - bread network in St Thomas

Best bread ever!

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Roots & Routes 1 Boudicca Woodland, Lightbites by Lightbear Lane

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interview with community baker Boudicca Woodland

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Really good food .

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We celebrated our wedding in the pub gardens.

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Roots & Routes Community Voices: St Thomas Repair Cafe by Lightbear Lane

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Love St Thomas hosts community projects such as the repair cafe and the Summer Festival - it's incredibly important to bring people together, creative occasions and places to social and celebrate together.

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Roots & Routes Community Voices: St Thomas Repair Cafe by Lightbear Lane

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Oaklands Riding School, Balls Farm Road, Exeter

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Oaklands Riding School, Balls Farm Road, Exeter

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Oaklands Riding School, Balls Farm Road, Exeter

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This is where I first rode a pony