Princesshay is pleased to announce that it will once again be hosting Exeter city centre’s annual Christmas lights switch on event on Thursday 19th November 2015.
There will be a spectacular new decoration scheme, lighting up areas and walkways never previously illuminated. Thousands of LED lights, including lit canopies and hanging chandeliers, as well as lighting projections, will compliment the Christmas Tree centre pieces and a special walk through lit up bauble structure. Watch out for the two polar bears!
The new lights are being provided by First Christmas, and their...
Princesshay will reveal its brand new Christmas lights display at the Christmas lights switch on event on Thursday 19th November 2015 from 4pm – 8pm.
Princesshay will host Exeter city centre’s Christmas lights switch on for the fifth consecutive year.
Michael Caines MBE and Tony Rowe OBE who have recently been awarded the freedom of city will switch on the city centre’s Christmas lights at 6.30pm, together with the city’s rising stars Sound of the Sirens who will also be performing in the lead up to the big switch on event.
New research has discredited the popular belief that street lighting is attractive to common bats.
The study, carried out by scientists from the University of Exeter and Bat Conservation Ireland, found that bat activity was generally lower in street-lit areas than in dark locations with similar habitat.
The findings have important implications for conservation, overturning the previous assumption that common bats benefited from street-lights because they could feed on the insects that congregated around them.
The research, published in the journal Philosophical...
Princesshay is pleased to announce that for the fourth consecutive year it will host Exeter city centre’s annual Christmas lights switch on event on Thursday 20th November 2014 from 4pm-8pm.
The popular ceremony will see European Athletics Championship Gold medallist Jo Pavey and actress Caroline Quentin, Patron of Families for Children together with members of Exeter Chiefs rugby team switch on the city centre’s Christmas lights at 6.30pm, joined on stage by the Lord Mayor of Exeter and Father Christmas!
Visitors and shoppers to Princesshay will be treated to a festive...
Exeter City Centre Management today launches an innovative crowdfunding campaign which will help provide Exeter City Centre with a bigger and better Christmas lights display this year. The Exeter City Centre Christmas lights display has become a key part of what the city has to offer during the festive period. It provides a focal point at the heart of the city centre, fostering good will and a feel good factor for the community whilst, crucially, increasing the number of people into the city centre - helping local businesses have a successful and prosperous Christmas. That is why this year...
Researchers at the National Marine Aquarium are set to benefit an after unusual donation from Devon & Cornwall Police. A range of powerful lights, growing trays and other equipment seized from illegal cannabis farms in Devon will now be put to use for growing seagrass, as part of the Community Seagrass Initiative. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), this three-year project aims to help conserve native seagrass and seahorses, getting the human communities that live around seagrass beds involved with the communities of marine life that thrive on the beds themselves. Mark Parry...
Princesshay was packed with people on Thursday night for the big Christmas lights switch on.
Musical Performances by the University of Exeter’s Jazz Orchestra, the South West Music Academy and the Lympstone Military Wives choir counted down to the main event.
Rob Baxter head coach of the Exeter Chiefs and Paul Tisdale, manager of Exeter City Football Club were joined on stage by Exeter City players John O’Flynn and Sam Parkin and the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Rachel Lyons, to officially turn on the lights.
The switch-on also marked the official opening of the Christmas...
Exeter looks set to sparkle this Christmas, with the City Council preparing to fund festive illuminations in the city centre.
Businesses in the city are being asked to get behind the generous offer by dipping into their pockets and 'growing' the array of lights!
Members of Exeter City Council's Scrutiny Economy Committee will be asked to back a plan to fund Christmas lights in the centre to the tune of £14,500.
Part of the plan will be to approach shops and businesses to ask for additional funds to bolster the illuminations in neighbouring streets.
The day's delay in the Christmas lights switch on just seemed to add to the air of anticipation this evening, when the people of Exeter came out in force to kickstart Christmas and watch the evening's performers.
And they were not to be disappointed. The evening started with a swing with music from the Exeter University Jazz Orchestra, closely followed by an impressive performance from Exeter-born singer-songwriter Chris Ostler.
Along with appearances from big names such as The Voice star Adam Isaac - sporting an Exeter City FC shirt - the Lympstone...
Princesshay and the city centre are all systems go once more for the rescheduled Christmas lights switch on event, which had to be rescheduled due to the atrocious weather conditions yesterday.
Live entertainment will feature on stage from 4.30pm in Princesshay Square, with the lights being switched on by the Lympstone Military Wives Choir and celebrity chef Michael Caines at around 6.30pm. Visitors will be able to enjoy continuous entertainment through to 8pm in Princesshay, including live bands as well as the launch of Exeter’s Christmas Market on the Cathedral Green...
