Exeter City Centre

Stories about Exeter City Centre

Fore Street Flea market

SUNDAY 17 MAY 2026

Fore Street Flea 10th anniversary

Market returns for 2026 season with stalls selling vintage items, jewellery, crafts, clothing, records, food and drink.

FORE STREET

More Mary Arches Street “co-living” block design revisions trigger third public consultation

Developer Eutopia Homes has submitted further design revisions to its application for full planning permission for a 297-bed seven storey “co-living” complex in Mary Arches Street.

First Folio frontispiece from Folger Shakespeare Library

WEDNESDAY 22 TO SUNDAY 26 APRIL 2026

South West Shakespeare Festival

Inaugural festival programme features performances, exhibitions and film screenings.

EXETER CITY CENTRE

City council approves Clarendon House student accommodation block

Exeter City Council has approved the replacement of Clarendon House on the corner of Western Way and Heavitree Road with a ten-storey 297-bed student accommodation block.

Fore Street developer seeks to convert Crankhouse Coffee basement to residential use

The developer of a scheme at 130 Fore Street is seeking to amend the design, height and layout of the building, which extends down West Street towards Grade I listed St Mary Steps church.

1,250 people sign petition to save Little Exeter children’s play space from closure

More than 1,250 people have signed a petition to save Guildhall Shopping Centre children’s play space Little Exeter from closure.

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