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A guide to Exeter


Sections:	Summary
	Facts & figures
	Features
	Environment
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SUMMARY

The cathedral city of Exeter is an attractive and relatively safe place to study, and offers good access to the beautiful scenery of Devon and Cornwall.

Exeter Cathedral

Exeter hilly street (c) ukstudentlife.com

An old cobbled street

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The House That Moved

	A Jarrold Guide to the Cathedral City of Exeter (guide book) Author: Eric Bailey, Ruth Bailey Publisher: Jarrold Publishing Date: April 1998		A-Z Street Atlas of Exeter (street map) Publisher: Geographers' A-Z Map Company Date: October 2002
	Exeter Cathedral Publisher: Pitkin Guides Date: September, 1999

FACTS & FIGURES

Subject	Name
Population:	110,900 (over 60 years old: 20.5%)
Region:	Devon, in South-West England
Location:	See: map
Visiting from abroad::	(see: Travel/Transport/Air)
Visiting from London:	Exeter is 250 kilometres south-west of London
	By train: 2.5 to 3 hours (from Paddington). Ticket prices for off-peak travel with a Young Person's Railcard (2002): SuperSaver Return £26.40, Saver Return £35.50, Super Advance Return £22.45
	By coach: 4 hours from Victoria coach station
Language schools:	5 schools which are recognised by the British Council (2002)

FEATURES

- Exeter Cathedral and the surrounding part of the town have an interesting "old English" atmosphere
- The Quayside is beautiful
- The Double Locks
- Interesting buildings, including the old Customs House and the "House that Moved"
- Parliament Street is the narrowest street in he world, according to the Guinness Book of Records

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ENVIRONMENT

Exeter was the top English city in a "quality of life" survey in 1999.
Relatively low rate of pollution
Being in south-west England, the climate is warmer and sunnier than many other parts of England
Being in a hilly area, when it rains it can be quite a heavy downpour

A safe city, with a low crime rate and less violence than in many other cities of the same size.
In 2001/02 there were 10.3 offences of violence against people per 1,000 people, below the English average of 10.8.
In 2000, Exeter was ranked the 123rd most deprived out of the 354 districts in England.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Nearby attractions include:
Dartmoor - a "national park"
Topsham - a pretty village which can be reached by walking along the River Exe
Budleigh Salterton, Totnes, Dartmouth and similar villages and market towns are within easy reach by bus.

South-West England
("Time Out" guide book)
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date: April 2003

TRANSPORT

Train services provide easy access to places such as Bristol, Bath or Salisbury. There is also a direct service to London, and a train line to Penzance (Land's End).
The best way to explore the Devon and Cornwall countryside is probably by coach or car.

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FURTHER INFORMATION

Tourism
West County Tourist Board: http://www.wctb.co.uk
Exeter Tourism: http://www.exeter.gov.uk/tourism

Local government
Exeter City Council: http://www.exeter.gov.uk

Universities
University of Exeter: http://www.exeter.ac.uk

Careers services
Exeter University Careers Advisory Service: http://www.ex.ac.uk/careers

Newspaper
Express & Echo: http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk

Town guides
Mushroom maps & guides: http://www.mushroompublishing.com/maps/exeter.html

Local services
Local Life: http://www.locallife.co.uk/exeter/index.asp

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