Local Information

Exeter is an historic Cathedral and University city. It is also the County town of Devon and is a business, legal, retail, tourist and commercial centre for the region. The city has a population of around 111,000 but serves a 45 minute catchment of nearly half a million people. Exeter has a rich and varied heritage of buildings and townscape.

It has grown from Roman origins and displays the benefits from long prosperity, particularly during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. Despite the destruction of a quarter of the city centre during the Second World War, there remains much which is worthy of preservation and enhancement. Within the city there are 15 conservation areas of which the Central and Riverside areas are pre-eminent: they include the Cathedral of St. Peter, the City Wall, Rougemont Castle and the Canal Basin and Quay area. There are over 1600 listed buildings and many more which are locally important. Exeter's historic core has been designated as an Area of Archaeological Importance, one of only 5 such areas in England and Wales.
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