Axminster - market town and civil parish in Devon, England, UK

Axminster is a small town in the English county of Devon, close to the Dorset border.

Get in

By train

South West Trains from London Waterloo to Axminster station 📍.

Get around

By bus

Bus service 885 connects Axminster to towns and villages including Colyton, Seaton & Beer.

See

• Axminster Museum, Thomas Whitty House, Silver Street, EX13 5AH, 50.78155°, -2.99867°, +44 1297 639884. Tu-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 10AM-1PM. Museum of town and carpet history in an old carpet factory. 2016-03-31
• Axe Valley wildlife park, Summerleaze Farm, Kilmington, EX13 7RA, 50.7784°, -3.0271°. Tu-Su 10AM - 5PM. small zoo Adult £9.50, Child £7.00 2016-03-31
• Lower Bruckland Farm. May-Oct: Sa Su 11:30AM-5PM. Nature reserve and tearoom. Adult £3.50, child £1.50
• Flamingo Pool, Lyme Road, EX13 5AZ, 50.78247°, -2.99436°. Charity-run swimming pool. 2016-03-31
• Musbury castle, 50.741949°, -3.017°. dawn to dusk. Iron age hill fort. 2020-08-06
• St Mary's Church, Church St, EX13 5NU, 50.781683°, -2.999415°.
• Shute and Kilmington woods.
• Trinity Hill nature reserve. and woods
• Shute Barton, Shute, near Axminster, EX13 7PT, 50.7714°, -3.05677°, +44 1752 346585, shute@nationaltrust.org.uk. Medieval house

Do

Buy

• Miltons Yard shopping centre.

Eat

• A35 Pit Stop, Kilmington Cross, 50.778499°, -3.030863°, +44 1297 598060. Cafe and B&B. 2016-03-31

• The River Cottage Canteen.

Drink

Sleep

• Millwater House, Stoney Lane EX13 5EE, 50.784098°, -2.99003°, +44 1297 35758, timcoath@hotmail.com. B&B set in an acre of gardens, short walk from the town centre. £55-85/night 2016-03-11
• Prestoller House, Beavor Lane EX13 5EQ, 50.78558°, -2.988176°, +44 1297 639403, info@prestollerbedandbreakfast.co.uk. Comfortable B&B with gardens, delicious breakfasts. £85-105/night 2016-03-11
• Lower Keats Glamping, Broom Lane, Tytherleigh EX13 7AZ, 50.8218°, -2.9603°, +44 7540 367386. Glamping lodges and safari-tents on a working farm, open April-Sept. Dogs welcome. 3 nights from £700 2022-05-13

Connect

Axminster has 4G with all UK carriers. As of May 2022, 5G has not reached this area.

Go next

The famous coastal town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast can be reached by bus from Axminster train station in around 20-25 minutes.