Exeter Cathedral
Museums & Science Centres · Exeter, Devon
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 9am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Educational☔ Rainy-day friendly
What’s there
- Café on site
- Limited parking
- Baby changing
Palace Gate car park has very limited spaces and one disabled bay; city centre car parks and Park & Ride are nearby.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Exeter Cathedral has stood in the heart of the city for nearly a thousand years, and its Gothic interior is big enough to keep a family busy for an hour or two. Children can follow the Cathedral Cat Trail, pick up an explorer backpack with books and activities, and have a go at brass rubbing. Seasonal family activities run during school holidays, typically including craft sessions, and there are storytime sessions for younger children. Older children may enjoy the guided floor tour, the audio guides, or the Treasures Exhibition, which shows the Exeter Book and other rare items from the Cathedral's collection. A café and shop sit beside the Cathedral, so a visit can be built around a snack and a browse. The building is a place of worship as well as a visitor attraction, so younger visitors need to be reminded to keep their voices down during services and quieter moments.
School-holiday and half-term family activities are scheduled on specific dates; check the What's On page.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Boiled sweets for the carEars on hills, boredom on motorways.
- Hairbrush
- Bottle or beaker
- Lunch boxes
- Car window sunshade
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