Topsham - a town by charter since 1300

Site updated July 7th 2010

Events in town

Topsham Art Group Summer Exhibition

Saturday 1st July - Sunday 15th August

Topsham School

10.00am - 5.40pm (closes 12.30pm on last day).

Exeter Book Fair
Sunday 1st August, 10.30am-4pm
Matthews Hall, Topsham
Antique & secondhand books for sale: books also bought.
To be opened by Simon Hall, TV detective author and BBC Spotlight presenter.
Admission £1.00. Refreshments available.
Enquiries to: 01548 561798. Organised by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association www.pbfa.org / www.booksatpbfa.com

Friday 20th August

Matthews Hall, Topsham

Klezmer Ceilidh with

KEVARA

a vibrant five-piece band, with caller Pam Hayes. Dance to klezmer, the lively music of the Jewish European traditions and beyond. Suitable for beginners as well as those with some folkdance experience. Please bring your own refreshments.

8pm-11.30pm. Bar provided. Adults £6.50, under-12s £3.00.

Contact Joel for more info on 01392 875239.

Topsham Lock Cottage cafe

Vivien Arendal just sent confirmation that starting from August 1st, Topsham Lock Cottage is open as a cafe for August 2010. It will be open 10am-5pm daily, closed Tuesdays (which is the day the Passage-Topsham Lock ferry doesn't run).

In September it will revert to being self-catering holiday accommodation until summer 2011.

See topshamlockcottage.co.uk for details.

Nello's Longest Table

Nello's Longest Table Topsham. UK- 2010 from Dan Burton Photography on Vimeo.

This year's Nello's Longest Table - a charity event commemorating Topsham restaurateur Nello Ghezzo and in aid of the Topsham Community Association, FORCE, and the Shop Local campaign - was a resounding success, with no sign of the rain that slightly dampened the start of the 2008 event. Some 2000 people attended. From the organisers:

Thanks everyone for an absolutely amazing weekend! It couldn't have gone better. Truly Topsham at its best. Liz, Kim, Marc and the festival organizers.

Marc Millon has written an illustrated report: Nello's Longest Table -- a midsummer night's dream. See also the YouTtube channel for "Redquarry", who has uploaded some video clips of the Longest Table, as well as the band T5 playing on Topsham Quay on the previous evening.

Topsham Tales

... of trickery, tragedy and turbulence ... a film by Sara Vernon and Jan Rider.

"If you love Topsham, you will love these tales of poaching, the river, pubs and the characters who have, over the years, lived, loved and toiled here. Sales benefit the Estuary League of Friends and Topsham Museum. A wonderful gift for all those who truly love Topsham."

On sale from 22nd May 2010 at Estuary league of Friends Shop and Topsham Museum, £14.00