Exeter
Population 124,180 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 27 of daylight
- February: 10 h 03 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 48 of daylight
- May: 15 h 29 of daylight
- June: 16 h 28 of daylight
- July: 16 h 04 of daylight
- August: 14 h 35 of daylight
- September: 12 h 41 of daylight
- October: 10 h 47 of daylight
- November: 9 h of daylight
- December: 8 h of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Exeter
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Exeter's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 3
2 to 3 hours· 9
3 to 5 hours· 48
- Worcester3h 01
- Salisbury3h 05
- Penzance3h 14
- London3h 16
- Farnborough3h 20
- Ludlow3h 22
- Coventry3h 25
- Winchester3h 28
- Swansea3h 32
- Guildford3h 34
38 moreFewer
- Eastleigh3h 37
- Windsor and Eton3h 38
- Derby3h 38
- Southampton3h 45
- Shrewsbury3h 55
- St Albans3h 56
- Stevenage4h
- Chelmsford4h 10
- Northampton4h 10
- Crawley4h 11
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 11
- Leicester4h 12
- Milton Keynes4h 16
- Bournemouth4h 17
- Colchester4h 19
- Nottingham4h 19
- Sheffield4h 20
- Stockport4h 20
- Runcorn4h 24
- Southend-on-Sea4h 25
- Warrington4h 28
- Brighton4h 29
- Manchester4h 31
- Peterborough4h 35
- Canterbury4h 36
- Ipswich4h 38
- Wigan4h 39
- Cambridge4h 41
- Salford4h 41
- Folkestone4h 43
- Liverpool4h 44
- Portsmouth4h 46
- Chester4h 46
- Wakefield4h 48
- Preston4h 52
- Bolton4h 55
- Stamford4h 55
- Doncaster4h 58
5 hours or more· 49
- Wrexham5h 02
- Leeds5h 03
- Arundel5h 04
- Ely5h 05
- Hastings5h 08
- York5h 18
- Eastbourne5h 19
- Norwich5h 20
- Blackpool5h 22
- Lincoln5h 29
39 moreFewer
- Altrincham5h 35
- Huddersfield5h 37
- Tenby5h 37
- Burnley5h 49
- Accrington6h
- Paris6h 01
- Durham6h 09
- Newcastle upon Tyne6h 11
- Kingston upon Hull6h 13
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll6h 19
- Cromer6h 24
- Llandudno6h 25
- Nelson6h 27
- Lille6h 28
- Saint-Cloud6h 29
- Annan6h 30
- Middlesbrough6h 31
- Versailles6h 41
- Sunderland6h 42
- Cleethorpes6h 55
- Disneyland Paris6h 56
- Fontainebleau6h 58
- Scarborough7h 02
- Brussels7h 08
- Glasgow7h 19
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Berwick-upon-Tweed7h 27
- Tywyn7h 27
- Reims7h 30
- Edinburgh7h 33
- Kraainem7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Lanark7h 38
- Leuven7h 45
- Rouen7h 46
- Kortrijk7h 47
- Metz7h 50
- Aalst7h 52
- Mechelen7h 52
From Exeter's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 3
2 to 3 hours· 8
3 to 5 hours· 41
- London3h 01
- Winchester3h 04
- Windsor and Eton3h 08
- Cardiff3h 09
- Oxford3h 11
- Bournemouth3h 13
- Portsmouth3h 16
- Farnborough3h 18
- Birmingham3h 27
- Worcester3h 34
31 moreFewer
- Guildford3h 35
- St Albans3h 43
- Stevenage3h 45
- Milton Keynes3h 46
- Penzance3h 52
- Chelmsford3h 53
- Coventry3h 55
- Crawley3h 56
- Swansea4h 03
- Southend-on-Sea4h 07
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Ludlow4h 14
- Cambridge4h 15
- Arundel4h 16
- Colchester4h 18
- Derby4h 20
- Peterborough4h 21
- Brighton4h 22
- Northampton4h 26
- Folkestone4h 31
- Ely4h 35
- Leicester4h 37
- Ipswich4h 40
- Stamford4h 44
- Shrewsbury4h 48
- Eastbourne4h 49
- Stockport4h 50
- Canterbury4h 53
- Hastings4h 54
- Nottingham4h 55
- Sheffield4h 57
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Exeter Cathedral Attraction · 280 m
- St Nicholas Priory Attraction · 100 m
- Devon County War Memorial Monument · 170 m
- Exeter War Memorial Memorial · 520 m
- Devonshire Volunteers Memorial Memorial · 590 m
- The Trafalgar Way Memorial · 660 m
- Tuckers Hall Attraction · 170 m
- Old Exe Bridge Ruins · 350 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 66 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Exeter Quay 430 m
- Exeter Central 580 m
- Exeter St Thomas 630 m
- Exeter Bus Station 840 m
- Apple Taxis 1.0 km
- Exeter St Davids 1.1 km
More train stations: St James' Park 1.3 km, Marsh Barton 2.1 km, Polsloe Bridge 2.5 km, Digby and Sowton 4.3 km, Newcourt 4.8 km, Pinhoe 4.8 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.