St Nicholas Priory
Museums & Science Centres · Exeter, Devon
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor🆓 Free entryEducationalGardens
What’s there
- Baby changing
No on-site parking stated on the venue's visit page. The nearest car park is Mary Arches Street, about a 5 minute walk.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
St Nicholas Priory is the oldest surviving building in Exeter, a Grade I listed site where a medieval monastery, a Tudor merchant's house and Victorian tenements all sit within one historic building. Families can wander through rooms furnished to reflect different periods, including the Tudor parlour and a kitchen with two fireplaces, and look at the garden of medicinal herbs and spices. The building suits school-age children who enjoy history, and the venue offers a brass rubbings trail, workshops, re-enactments and performances through the year. Self-guided visits are possible, and volunteers are on hand to answer questions. The priory is a small, relaxed place, so it works well as a short stop in the city centre rather than a full day out.
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.
Reusable cutlery- Cool bag
Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
AntihistamineStings and pollen, both far from a pharmacy.- Rucksack rain cover
- Travel sickness bands
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0 · Donald Trung Quoc Don, CC BY-SA 4.0
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