Dining in the Dark, a gourmet fundraising event launched to raise both awareness of visual impairment and vital funds for WESC Foundation – the South West’s specialist centre for visual impairment – is being hosted once again by the Salutation Inn, Topsham, on 11, 12 and 13 November.
The hugely successful inaugural Dining in the Dark event took place on 1 May and was the first of its kind in the region. An intrepid group of diners, including Cllr Rachel Lyons who was Lord Mayor of Exeter at the time, enjoyed a mouthwatering three-course menu specially created by Chef Director of...
South West Highways has received excellent feedback after completing restoration works on Goat Walk in Topsham, a vital linking pedestrian route that is also of great historic value.
During the heavy storms at the end of January 2014, the historic walk was badly damaged with large sections of the wall collapsing, the concrete slabs making up the surface being displaced and broken and fill material being washed out with every subsequent high tide.
The existing concrete slabs had been cast on top of the stone walls which had left an unsightly edge. To carry out the repair...
The Environment Agency (EA) has approved a grant to cover the costs of repairs to coastal defences in Topsham. The defences at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, were damaged by the storms in February this year and the repair has just been finished. A large section of the coastal defence alongside the River Clyst frontage was severely damaged during the high tides and storm damage in January and February. This resulted in a breach which allowed the high tides to overtop and flow into the protected land and inland road behind it. These raised defences provide protection to the RSPB reserve at...
Significant works to repair the damage in Topsham caused by the winter storms have been completed a day early..
The repairs, to the flood defence wall at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham were funded by Exeter City Council.
Contractors working for the City Council began work on 28 April and finished a day earlier than the expected Friday 30 May today.
A large section of the coastal defence alongside the River Clyst frontage was severely damaged during the high tides and storm damage in January and February.
This resulted in a breach which allowed the high tides...
This bank holiday weekend, works by top artists, including rock legend Ronnie Wood, move into an Exeter development with the help of a local art gallery.
Castle Galleries, Exeter, on Cathedral Yard has joined forces with Linden Homes to create a pop up exhibition at the City Glade development off Topsham Road.
Until Monday 26 May, the showroom will showcase an array of artists from the likes of Paul Kenton, who creates beautiful and striking cityscapes, to Caroline Shotton, who’s famed for her fun and colourful bovine art, which includes pieces such as ‘Spider-moo’. This is...
The Festival will be on the 17th, 18th and 19th July in St Margaret’s Church, Topsham.
We will be open from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday and until 5.30pm on the Saturday. The late opening provides an opportunity for those who work to come and enjoy the exhibits.
On Friday at 6pm there will be music performed by Chris and Josie Walledge and friends.
The theme is MEMORIES and exhibitors are coming up with a wide and interesting range of titles. It will be fun to see how these are interpreted in flowers and memorabilia.
A chance to come and see Topsham Bowling Club. Meet some new friends and have fun. Coaches on hand to assist.
Why not learn to play a new sport.
No need to book ahead, just come along and why not bring a friend with you?
For more information call 01392 274922 and ask for Adrian.
Easy to find, the club is situated in the middle of Topsham immediately behind the main pay and display Car Park whose entrance is between the Fire Station and Matthews Hall in Fore Street.
Exeter City Council has begun repair work to the wall at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, using money from the government's funds.
The repairs come after a large section of the coastal defence alongside the River Clyst frontage was severely damaged during the high tides and storm damage in January and February.
This resulted in a breach which allowed the high tides to overtop and flow into the protected land and inkland road behind it. These raised defences provide protection to the RSPB reserve at Bowling Green Marsh and a number of nearby properties and businesses.
Work will start next week on repairs to a flood defence wall damaged by the storms at the start of the year.
Exeter City Council will fund the repairs to the wall at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, using money from the government's funds.
Contractors working for the City Council will begin work on Monday (28 April). It is expected to be completed by late May.
A large section of the coastal defence alongside the River Clyst frontage was severely damaged during the high tides and storm damage in January and February. This resulted in a breach which allowed the high...
At 6.30pm on Thursday 1 May, the Salutation Inn in Topsham, which offers the very best local, regional and seasonal produce cooked by Tom Williams-Hawkes and his brigade to a modern French influenced style, will be hosting a unique gourmet dining event in association with WESC Foundation.
Dining in the Dark - the first of its kind in the South West - will not only raise funds for the vital work being undertaken by WESC Foundation, a specialist centre for visual impairment, but will also give diners a real sense of what it is like to be visually impaired, if only for one evening....
