event on quayside

Coffee and Crafts on the Quay

Event Date: 
15/08/2015 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Venue: 
The XCentre, Commercial Road, Exeter Quay

Taking place at the XCentre on Exeter’s glorious Quayside on Saturday 15th August from 10am-2pm, Headway Devon’s brand new coffee and crafts event looks set to be the shopping event of the summer!

With lots of local craft stalls to browse selling a huge range of beautiful items from potters and wood-turners, to card crafters, jewellery makers and sewers, and even some lovingly handmade dog collars, this event really does have something for everyone.

What’s more, there will be live acoustic music from talented local artist Holly Morwenna, plenty of homemade treats, hot and...

7m climbing wall on water is UK first

This weekend Exeter’s canal basin will become the home to the UK’s first artificial climbing wall on water!

A 7 metre high structure is being built on a canal barge and will be floated into the water to provide the wall for the UK’s first inland deep water solo competition.

Staged by local climbing wall, The Quay Climbing Centre, the event has attracted over 40 of the UK and Europe’s top climbers together with over 160 ‘amateurs’ from across the country to compete in the two day event which takes place on the 30th and 31st August.

The competition taps into one of...