ON OUR RADAR

25th Fore Street Flea

Market with stalls selling vintage items, handmade craft, food and drink plus live music from local artists celebrates 25th outing.

Leigh Curtis

Fore Street Flea returns for its 25th outing on Sunday 17 November with stalls selling vintage clothing, bric-a-brac, handmade crafts and original artworks.

There will also be live music from local acts including The Time Travellers Quartet, Back at Nicks, Kitty Puss String Band and the Exeter Street Band,

Activities for children include face-painting and craft workshops, with entertainment from The Curiosity Christmas Tree.

Fore Street businesses taking part include Cake or Death, Creeks Cuppa and The Glorious Art House with other local businesses including 12 Bar Coffee, Curious Crumbs and Polly Nostimos also offering food and drink.

25th Fore Street Flea poster

The market was created by local businesses in Fore Street and first held in 2016. It is now managed by InExeter, the Business Improvement District for Exeter.

A ballot of eligible city centre businesses is currently being held to decide whether InExeter should continue for a third five-year term from April next year.

Subscribe to The Exeter Digest - Exeter Observer's essential free email newsletter

Your personal information will be processed and stored in accordance with our Privacy Policy

Fore Street Flea takes place from 12-4pm on Sunday 17 November 2024 in Exeter city centre.

Democracy doesn't work when people don't know who is deciding what on whose behalf and what the costs and consequences of those decisions will be.

Exeter Observer is proving that reader-funded media can deliver the independent public interest journalism our local democracy needs.

Upgrade to a paid Exeter Observer subscription from £8.50/month to support our work and get access to exclusive premium content and more.

More stories
Flowerpot Fields revised proposed floor plan keyframe

Exeter College amends Flowerpot Fields plans to replace two of six classrooms with changing rooms

Revisions submitted during building construction also show two rooms described as “changing rooms” and “overflow sports training and education space”, both with unobscured full-height classroom windows and no shower facilities.

Devon County Council Exeter Bus Service Improvement Plan central and eastern corridors map

Controversial Exeter bus lane changes approved after three and a half hour County Hall debate

Devon County Council claims £2.4 million “intelligent corridor” upgrades along Heavitree Road and Pinhoe Road routes could save up to “approximately four minutes” journey time and bring “economic benefit of around £2,150,000” each year.

Devon districts and Torbay home work and travel to work patterns (people aged 16 and over in employment)

New countywide transport strategy falls short on fundamental mobility challenges

Draft 2025-40 Devon & Torbay Local Transport Plan lacks serious measures to address congestion and enable shift to public transport as local government reorganisation threatens derailment.

Proposed floor plans and elevations

Plan for student accommodation block in back garden of 17-bed Pennsylvania Road HMO dismissed at appeal

City council planning consent refusal upheld by inspector in decision citing existing community balance policy that is not retained in proposed new Exeter Local Plan.

Hotel Indigo Exeter

Singapore hospitality group buys Hotel Indigo Exeter for £19.4 million

Sale of converted House of Fraser department store announced one week after Frasers Group purchase of adjacent Princesshay shopping centre.

, updated

Topsham Golf Academy development site view

Topsham gap greenfield development application submitted for approval

Proposals for 54 dwellings on Exeter Golf and Country Club Topsham Golf Academy driving range enabled by city council approval of replacement driving range in Ludwell Valley Park.