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

• Local council website

Get in

By car

A376 from Exeter to Exmouth passes through the village at the top end away from the Estuary.

By train

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

• There is a footpath from Exmouth

Get around

The village is walkable.

See

• 1 Peter's Tower. An Italianate riverfront brick clock tower built around 1885. 
• 2 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. (updated Mar 2018)

Do

• Walking on Woodbury Common.
• 1 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. (updated Mar 2018)
• Sailing
• Water skiing
• Bird watching

Eat

• 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. 

Sleep

• 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. (updated Mar 2018)
• 2 Lympstone Manor. (updated Mar 2018)

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