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Lympstone
Lympstone is a village and civil parish in East Devon, in the English county of Devon. It lies on the eastern bank of the River Exe estuary, approximately north-west of Exmouth and south-east of Exeter. The parish had a population of 2,117 at the 2021 census. The village has a small harbour on the Exe estuary, situated at the outlet of Wotton Brook between cliffs of red breccia. The promontory to the north of the harbour is topped by Cliff Field, a flat pasture managed by the National Trust and used for football matches and local events. Lympstone is served by the Avocet Line via Lympstone Village railway station, with services running between Exmouth and Exeter. The village is known for Peter's Tower, an Italianate riverside clock tower built around 1885 by W.H. Peters as a memorial to his wife, and for its longstanding tradition of residents drying washing on the foreshore. The riverside houses back directly onto the shore without a continuous seawall, and access passages between them and the beach are fitted with metal flood gates closed during high tides via a local warning system. Lympstone hosts the annual Furry Dance on the first Saturday in August, a village tradition involving processions in fancy dress accompanied by a brass band, which attracts visitors from across the region.…
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Lympstone is a village and civil parish in East Devon, in the English county of Devon. It lies on the eastern bank of the River Exe estuary, approximately north-west of Exmouth and south-east of Exeter. The parish had a population of 2,117 at the 2021 census. The village has a small harbour on the Exe estuary, situated at the outlet of Wotton Brook between cliffs of red breccia. The promontory to the north of the harbour is topped by Cliff Field, a flat pasture managed by the National Trust and used for football matches and local events. Lympstone is served by the Avocet Line via Lympstone Village railway station, with services running between Exmouth and Exeter. The village is known for Peter's Tower, an Italianate riverside clock tower built around 1885 by W.H. Peters as a memorial to his wife, and for its longstanding tradition of residents drying washing on the foreshore. The riverside houses back directly onto the shore without a continuous seawall, and access passages between them and the beach are fitted with metal flood gates closed during high tides via a local warning system. Lympstone hosts the annual Furry Dance on the first Saturday in August, a village tradition involving processions in fancy dress accompanied by a brass band, which attracts visitors from across the region.…
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