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Roeffie Says: Killerton House and Garden A beautiful hillside garden surrounded by Park land and Woodland. The house is furnished as a family home and includes a collection of costumes, dating from the eighteeth century in a series of period rooms.
Harepathsteadthatch: Great thatched cottage!
Roeffie Says: In the middle of nowhere in beautiful typical English fields and hills. A lot of space, sleeping 6 people in 3 bedrooms. Fully Equiped 15th century thatched farmhouse. Nice garden with big lawn for playing and relaxing. About £ 450.- a week.
The Hungry Fox: Pub #3 - Not Really A Pub At All!
johngayton Says: UPDATE - No longer working here but I get good reports about what the Fox is doing now, and of course the location etc are still relevant and so I'll just leave this tip as is for the moment.This is the place that I'm working at the moment and whilst it describes irself as a...
The New Inn: Pub #2 - A Proper Pub!
johngayton Says: The New Inn isn't actually in Broadclyst and it isn't particularly new either but it is nevertheless a characterful and welcoming country pub and well worth seeking out.The porched entranceway leads directly into the cosy little public bar area where you'll find the...
The Red Lion: Pub #1 - A Quintessential English Inn
johngayton Says: The Red Lion's original incarnation was as the ale house built during the church's construction for the sustenance and accommodation of the workers on the building site.Once the church was built the inn became the local hostelry for the village that grew around it and its...
Exeter Airport Is But A Cycle Ride Away :)
johngayton Says: Something I haven't, as yet, taken advantage of is the fact that Exeter Airport is about 15 minutes cycle from where I am. In fact the back of the airport is only two minutes away but to get get to the departures I have to cycle the road around.Never mind though - all future...
johngayton Says: Broadclyst had its own railway station (albeit a mile or so out of the village proper) from 1860 until 1966 which was on the main line between Exeter and London Waterloo. The line is still still in operation, the station buildings are still there but unfortunately trains no...
johngayton Says: Despite no longer being on the main road to anywhere Broadclyst is still extraordinarily well-served by the rural Stagecoach bus company with the #1, 1A & 1B all passing through the village. These are the services between Exeter and Tiverton which variously pass through the...
Broadclyst Co-op: Where To Get Your Cheap Booze
johngayton Says: Broadclyst's Co-op is as much of an odd-bod as the village itself. Being situated neither in Broadclyst, nor on a main road, it's sort of a supermarket without a lot of customers. The building itself adds nothing to the visual environment and its range of stock is mostly of...
Broadclyst Post Office & Stores: A One-stop Shop!
johngayton Says: For what is quite a large village, with a populaton of almost 3,000, it's surprising that there's only one shop in the village proper (there is a large Co-operative supermarket out at the old railway station).It is however an extremely useful little shop which also includes...
johngayton Says: At the bottom end of Broadclyst is a sort of sub-village called Dog Village which is still part of the general Broadclyst Parish. This clutch of houses got their name from the Black Dog public house which has become one of the residences.
johngayton Says: The English are indeed a nation of gardeners and Broadclyst locals are no exception. All the village houses sport well-tended gardens whilst the more rural ones are almost like small holdings given over to a mix of decorative plants and vegetables.In addition to the private...
johngayton Says: Broadclyst is so-named due its location on the River Clyst which sort of rambles almost randomly through the area until joining the River Exe just south of Topsham. To trace the river's path you just need to follow the set of villages with the Clyst prefix such as Clyst...
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Killerton House and Garden A beautiful hillside garden surrounded by Park land and Woodland. The house is furnished as a family home and includes a collection...
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Rural Living If You Don't Like Country Life
Broadclyst is a bit of an oddbod of a Devon village situated in the undulating farm and woodlands about 5 miles northeast of Exeter on what was formerly the main road between Exeter and...
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