London is a great city but the cost of living, its brutality and the competitiveness became too much. It just felt ordinary, crowded, polluted and noisy and I looked forward to getting home: to Devon. Lovely article, thank you. Maybe I just need to get those out of my system first. However your piece did give me a little more courage, as well as pointing to the attractions of a smaller city rather than a leap into rural life as a retiree.
Do you have any insight into how Exeter compares to London for expenditure? Would be grateful for any views! Your email address will not be published. Pauline on March 8, at pm. Emma on December 12, at am. Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Driving: half an hour to the sea at Exmouth or to the wilds of Dartmoor, 45 minutes to Taunton and 90 minutes to Bristol. Hang out at… Exe Coffee Roasters. Exploding Bakery : those cakes! The old canal basin is a delight of converted warehouses, shops and eateries.
But Northcott theatre is a gem. Heading further afield? Check out nearby Powderham Castle , one of few such estates in the UK to remain privately owned, or the Killerton Estate , lovingly maintained by the National Trust.
Exeter is also known for its peaceful, green outdoor spaces. The 3, acre Haldon Forest is just 15 minutes from the city and offers walking, cycling and running trails, camping yurts for hire and a Go Ape aerial walkway. Exeter has a huge range of local markets on offer year-round offering everything from local produce , crafts and vegan traders to festive food and gifts.
The city also loves a festival. Get your groove on at the eponymous Exeter Festival , retro Lets Rock Exeter or dance music favourite Lockdown Festival and enjoy dance and performing arts at family friendly Exeter Respect Festival. Check out Visit Exeter for more up to the minute activities and events in Exeter. Exeter regularly receives accolades for quality of life and a thriving lifestyle. Reassuringly for current and prospective students, the Complete University Guide has also voted Exeter the 6 th most safe university town in England and Wales in a recent review.
However, despite low crime rates, the city is not immune to crime. In particularly, the police, council and other outreach services sought to address the levels of antisocial behaviour, violence and theft in the town centre resulting primarily from drinking and drugs dependences.
The Exeter Community Safety Partnership works as part of the wider Safer Devon initiative to tackle these issues and ensure the safety of residents and visitors. For more information on property prices in Exeter, as well as a list of estate agents in the area, be sure to check out The Agent Guide.
Truro is the only city in Cornwall in the south west of England, and with a population of just under 20, people it is one of the smallest cities in the UK. We are tentatively planning a move back to the West Country next year to be closer to family and friends. Naturally I'm expecting a pay cut, but it's quality of life that counts. The area around Exeter itself is not an area we know that well although we know North Devon and West Somerset really well.
What's the area like to live and raise a family? We'd be looking for semi-rural locations with access to countryside but reasonably good transport links and easy trip to the coast. I would choose to live to the east of Exeter if possible.. Having grown up in Birmingham, Exeter is clearly a very small city, but has everything I need in a compact area, is close to the coast and Dartmoor and has excellent motorway and rail links to the rest of the country.
Lots of small towns and villages on the A38 corridor to the south west — good links to Exeter and Plymouth, coast and moor.
On the other hand if you head out west on the A30 towards Okehampton its starts to get very rural and isolated very quickly. If I was forced to work in Exeter live in Plymouth , I'd move to Exmouth and Commute lovely little town which boasts one of the highest density of pubs for a town or something along those lines!
With regards to the PGCE training.. Southwest and Teaching jobs don't really go together! Moved here years ago, cracking place to live, exeter is big enough and old enough to have everything you want, a bit of history, yet small enough so you can get out of town quickly and up onto the moors etc.
I would look at the east side of exeter… broardclyst, woodbury as all the industrial estates with the type of firms you are looking for are over that way. I would look west of Exeter on the A30 corridor — fantastic riding on Dartmoor, excellent for getting out to North Cornwall coast and fine for getting to East Devon and into Exeter 20 mins into Exeter by car and 40 onn the bike from Cheriton Bishopish area.
With regard to the PGCE — hear what you're saying. My wife has a masters degree, doctorate and about 10 years experience in industry — I reckon the problem is she's going to be overqualified for most teaching jobs. I have lived on dartmoor fringes and Exeter since childhood bar spells in the south east.
I own a student pub near exeter uni now.
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