SUNDAY 12th JUNE, we are mixing up our Yoga brunch a little!
This month the Yoga Brunch will be held at the stunning Court Barn at Highfield Farm in Topsham!
We will start the morning with a dynamic Yoga session, moving with ease, creating space in our bodies, allowing the body to move softly with no tension, no stress, no competition.
We will follow our session with a delicious homemade brunch. Brunch will be gluten, dairy, wheat & refined sugar free. Think homemade granola, with coconut yogurt or almond milk and organic berries, avocado on rye bread, nut...
Peerless acoustic country-folk singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe announces May 2016 Ireland & UK Tour, including a show at The Bridge Inn, Topsham on Wednesday May 11, in support of his widely acclaimed new album Another Black Hole. Malcolm will be accompanied on the tour by his regular sideman and sometime producer Jared Tyler.
Praise for Another Black Hole “The ability to glorify the mundane, the every day struggles and heartbreaks has long been the mark of the truly great songwriter, and once again Malcolm Holcombe’s doing it better than most” Acoustic magazine “His...
Topsham organic mattress maker Naturalmat is celebrating business success with the announcement that its products are to be stocked by world-renowned retailer Harrods.
The Devon company, which has been hand-making the finest quality mattresses and bedding from organic and natural materials since 2002 will see six of its products available in the iconic Knightsbridge store.
Founded by keen sailors Mark Tremlett and Peter Tindall, Naturalmat was born from a desire to combat the poor quality synthetic mattresses found on the boats they sailed. Working with the highest-grade...
A decision by an independent planning inspector to allow development to go ahead in the Topsham Gap has been described as "extremely disappointing" by Exeter City Council.
Officers have strongly criticised the decision for failing to recognise local sentiment and called the government's formula for calculating housing supply as "illogical” and “fundamentally flawed".
The City Council originally refused the application for a 60 bed residential care home, 47 assisted living apartments and 55 homes for older people on a site north of Exeter Road, Topsham.
Topsham Outdoor Pool will open for the season earlier than ever this year, on Saturday 9th April.
Volunteers, helpers and members of the Topsham Nutters club have been busy scrubbing, bleaching, polishing and planting aroundd the pool ready for opening.
The pool will kick start with a fun session from 10am-midday. The new timetables have arrived and can be collected from the pool or online via topshampool.com
Pool volunteers and helpers are also invited on Sunday 10th April at 2pm for a chance to get together on opening weekend. Find out what's going on this season...
As part of promoting “Avocet Ambles”, self-guided walks from the Avocet Line, the Exeter – Exmouth branch line, the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership recently took members of the ROC Active walking group for a day trip, travelling from Exeter St Thomas station to Topsham for a leisurely walk and lunch.
ROC Active is a charity which enables adults with a learning disability to take part in a wide variety of sports, gym, and swim sessions.
They organise a weekly walking group from their base at the Riverside Leisure Centre at Cowick Street, Exeter.
Two of the finest storytellers in the UK will be performing in Topsham this spring: Ben Haggarty and Martin Shaw are world-renowned within the storytelling community, bringing their richly entertaining mythic material to audiences across Britain and far beyond. The performances are being organised by Katy Cawkwell who has recently moved to the town and is a well-regarded teller in her own right.
Katy will start the series on the 11th March with a show called Rhiannon which is a gripping, emotional performance, following the story of a woman who comes from the Otherworld for love...
The first overnight closures of the Bridge Road widening scheme will take place next week.
The night-time road closures will enable site staff to safely establish the necessary traffic management to reduce the road to one lane each way.
Bridge Road will be closed from 10pm on Monday (22 February) and will re-open at 5am the following morning (Tuesday 23 February) with one lane open in each direction.
To complete the traffic management, the road will then close again at 10pm on Tuesday (23 February), re-opening at 5am the next day (Wednesday 24 February).
A man has been jailed at Exeter Crown Court today (Monday 8th February) following a police operation into the supply of drugs into the South West.
Leon Butt, 43, from Topsham, Exeter has been sentenced to 9 years and 7 months in prison with the addition of a five year Serious Crime Prevention Order upon release.
Operation Citadel was a complex investigation that was conducted by local neighbourhood Policing teams and Zephyr, The South West Regional Organised Crime Unit.
Detective Inspector Rob Youngman from The Regional Organised Crime Investigation Team, said: “Op...
