Leisure Breaks at Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Exeter

Things to do in Exeter and Devon

Buckerell Lodge Hotel is surrounded by some of the country's most attractive scenery and destinations.

There is plenty to do in Exeter and throughout Devon with a wide range of visitory attractions available from the city's famous Cathedral and underground passages, to the local historic houses and gardens, and action-packed theme parks.

For lovers of the great outdoors, you can head off to explore Dartmoor National Park. Heather-covered moorland and deep wooded gorges, beautiful lake-like reservoirs and tumbling rocky rivers, thriving market towns and villages, patchwork farmland and craggy granite tors, the Dartmoor National Park covers an area of 368 square miles - the largest, and wildest, area of open country in southern England. There are nature reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest, endangered birds and rare plants, and thousands of archaeological sites. Set above the Teign Gorge, Castle Drogo 'the last castle to be built in England' offers you dramatic views over Dartmoor.

For a historical day visit Powderham Castle, which boasts the highest National Trust garden at 900 feet and lies in a beautiful Deer Park setting on the banks of the River Exe, just a stone's throw from the historic Cathedral of Exeter. The Courtenay family have been welcoming visitors since 1959 and the new Victorian Kitchen opened in 2007.

Nearby National Trust properties include A la Ronde Tea Rooms, Knighthayes Court and Killerton, is a fine 18th Century house, home to the 'Paulise de Bush' costume collection, with over 9,000 outfits and a delightful hillside garden.

The cycle paths of Exeter Canal and Exeter Quayside have popular routes all year round, and are just a few minutes from the entrance to The Buckerell Lodge Hotel.  If you want to explore what Exeter and the surrounding area has to offer by bike, if needed, bicycles can be hired from a local hire company situated opposite the hotel.