A social event where visitors and guests are welcome and refreshment will be available. With the 'Publication Draft of the Exeter Plan' being published and consulted upon, this will be a good time to inform the Society about our findings and discuss them. If you want to inform you about what we sent as representations on 6 Feb, please read our News about this: https://exetercivicsociety.org.uk/ecs-submitted-representations-to-exeter-publication-plan/ . The final quarter of 2024 and the first few weeks in the near year have been full of consultations and we will update at the meeting upon what has been suggested. Topics include: Water Lane OUTLINE approval; Clarendon House; Energy Plant next to Marsh Barton Train Station; new Mallison Bridge.

A social event where visitors and guests are welcome and refreshment will be available. 'Exeter Heritage Volunteers' have just been awarded 3 years funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund starting from 1st November. They will be spending the next few weeks putting plans in place for the future and introduce them to us at this meeting.

David Solman will lead our November walk, through the scenic Exwick Cemetery - with stories about its history and its very old trees. Come and join us for a walk inside the boundaries of the cemetery, offering stunning views over Exeter. Appropriate footwear please, as we will walk on uneven paths and through grassy areas.

Do join us for a leisurely walk around the ‘wrong side of the river’ as St Thomas has been traditionally known to the locals. Find out some of the reasons why it may have been true and why those who live here don’t agree! We won’t have time to cover the whole area but will include several varying sites of interest. Wendy Rakestrow will lead this walk, which will come in several loops, so if you do not want to do the whole walk you can drop out earlier.

Our blue plaque to Dr Margaret Jackson, a pioneer of fertility treatment and family planning from the 1930s, will be unveiled at 14:00 on Saturday 28 September at the Margaret Jackson Centre, 4 Barnfield Hill, Exeter, EX1 1SR.  The plaque will be unveiled at 14:00, followed by tea and talks from 14:30 at the Barnfield Theatre EX1 1SN. Space is limited, especially at the theatre, so please let Hilary Neville know if you would like to attend – hneville.ecs@btinternet.com. 

A social event where visitors and guests are welcome and refreshment will be available. Stuart Blaylock from the 'Devon Archaeological Society' will speak about 'The History of Rougemont Castle'.

A social event where visitors and guests are welcome and refreshment will be available. Please be aware that the meeting will start a bit earlier at 10:45, with the welcome to our new Exeter MP. Shortly after 11.00 Alan Caig will talk about the 'History of Theatre in Exeter'.

The AGM is a chance for members to hold the Executive to account and issues to be raised regarding the running of the Society. This is an opportunity for members to stand for election to the Committee for the following year. This event is for paid up members only and only they will be allowed to vote on any decisions taken.

A social event where visitors and guests are welcome and refreshment will be available. Devon Gardens Trust seeks to promote and protect Devon’s designed landscape heritage – its parks, gardens and cemeteries of special historic interest – for future generations. It works with owners, managers and local authorities to ensure that those gardens, parks and cemeteries of special historic importance are recognised and conserved. Dianne Long, a former Trust chair, will take us through the work of the Trust and focus on the history and conservation of some of the important historic parks, gardens and cemeteries in and around Exeter.

Saturday and Sunday (8-9 June) sees the Exeter Heritage Harbour Festival coming back. We will have a stall on Sunday in the Piazza Terracina, show-casing what we are doing and running a competition testing your knowledge of Exeter Sites which are of specific interest to our Society. If you are really good, you may even win one of our prizes, good luck. So please join us down by the Basin and have a good time. All on 'Steam Sunday' - so full steam ahead!

Gert Vonhoff will lead a walk along the Exeter City Walls where we can talk a bit about how this defining structure has developed over time and in which state it is today.

Our July walk will take us 'Around Topsham', 3.5 miles in length. Meet at Holman Way at 2pm on Wednesday 3 July for a tour of some lesser known parts of Topsham. Jim Perriam will lead the walk, which will stick to the ground and not provide you with the lofty shot from above. So you all should feel safe to come and enjoy a summer afternoon out.