Axminster is a small town in the English county of Devon, close to the Dorset border.

Get in

South West Trains from London Waterloo to Axminster Station

See

• 1 Axminster Museum, Thomas Whitty House, Silver Street, EX13 5AH, ☏ +44 1297 639884. Tue - Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Museum of town and carpet history in an old carpet factory. (updated Mar 2016)
• 2 Axe Valley wildlife park, Summerleaze Farm, Kilmington, EX13 7RA. Tue - Sun 10am - 5pm. small zoo Adult £9.50, Child £7.00. (updated Mar 2016)
• Lower Bruckland Farm. Ma - Oct, Sat, Sun 11.30am - 5pm.. Nature reserve and tearoom Adult £3.50, child £1.50. 
• 3 Flamingo Pool, Lyme Road, EX13 5AZ. Charity run swimming pool. (updated Mar 2016)
• 4 Musbury castle. Iron age hill fort 
• Axminster church. 
• Shute and Kilmington woods. 
• Trinity Hill nature reserve. and woods 
• 5 Shute Barton, Shute, near Axminster, EX13 7PT, ☏ +44 1752 346585, shute@nationaltrust.org.uk. Medieval house 

Buy

• Miltons Yard shopping centre. 

Eat

• 1 A35 Pit Stop, Kilmington Cross, ☏ +44 1297 598060. Cafe and B&B (updated Mar 2016)
• The River Cottage Canteen. 

Sleep

• Millwater House Bed & Breakfast, Millwater House, Stoney Lane, Axminster, Devon EX13 5EE, ☏ +44 1297 35758, timcoath@hotmail.com. Set in an acre of gardens, short walk from the town centre. £55 - £85 / night. (updated Mar 2016)
• Prestoller House Bed and Breakfast, Beavor Lane, Axminster, Devon, EX13 5EQ, ☏ +44 1297 639403, info@prestollerbedandbreakfast.co.uk/. Comfortable B&B with gardens, delicious breakfasts. £85 - £105 / night. (updated Mar 2016)

Go next

The famous coastal town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast can be reached by bus from Axminster train station in around 20-25 minutes.