Town or village· Postcode EX13
Axminster
Devon, South West · population 5,761 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Axminster
Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government district. At the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 6,557, increasing to 8,118 at the 2021 census. The town contains two electoral wards whose combined population is 8,125. The market is still held every Thursday.
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Jason Byrne: 30 Years Byrning
Thu 15 Oct, 19:30Marine Theatre, Uplyme
Flo & Joan - With Feeling
Sat 17 Oct, 19:30Bridport Electric Palace, Bridport
Nigel Havers - Talking B*ll*cks
Tue 20 Oct, 19:30Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
The Comedy Store - Bridport
Fri 13 Nov, 19:30Bridport Electric Palace, Bridport
Rachel Fairburn: Vexy Beasts
Sat 14 Nov, 19:30Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
Ward Thomas
Thu 10 Dec, 19:30Bridport Electric Palace, Bridport
Days out around Axminster
View allJohn Stringfellow Monument
South Chard · 6.2 miles
Memorial to the work of John Stringfellow who built and flew the first powered aeroplane in 1848.
Art Gallery Phone Box
Vicarage · 6.8 miles
art gallery in old red phone box
Cherry Close Playground
Weston · 9.3 miles
Child & Adult Swings, Small & Large Slides, Climbing Apparatus for Smaller and Older Children, Surface-Level Trampoline, Train and Ticket Desk. One bench and bin available.
Mosterton Park
Mosterton · 11 miles
Playing Field with football pitch and shelter.
Mosterton Play Area
Mosterton · 11 miles
Play area for kids
RAF Culmhead (Scheduled Monument)
Churchstanton · 12 miles
Extant remains of fighter pens, shelters, hangars, control towers and taxiways associated with a disused WWII fighter station.
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Morgan York
Axminster
Swish and Flick
Victoria Place, Axminster
George Hotel
George Street, Axminster
Costa
Victoria Place, Axminster
RKL Tools & Hardware
Victoria Place, Axminster
Melanie Brown
George Street, Axminster
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