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the official web site for the town of Topsham, Devon, England
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The travel blog of Claire and Rick on their world tour: see the Cu Ci Tunnels, Terracotta Army, and scary menus!
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Bryan and Sue Davey recently emigrated from Topsham to New Zealand, and are maintaining a photo blog of their travels as they tour before settling.
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This is an active map that can zoom anywhere between global and street level: click-and-drag to pan. Use controls to pan, zoom and change the view format ("hybrid" is aerial with road overlay).

Travel information

Topsham is easy to reach by road and public transport, and also makes an excellent centre for exploring east, south and central Devon, as well as the Jurassic coast of Devon and west Dorset. Wessex Trains run an hourly direct service from Topsham to Paignton, enabling day trips to popular coastal destinations such as Dawlish, Teignmouth and Torquay.

The Exeter-Exmouth train: half-hourly; all day; to/from Exeter St Davids and Central. Trains alternately go on to Paignton and Barnstaple.
The 57 Exeter-Exmouth bus: every 12 minutes; all day; to/from Exeter Bus Station; terminus at Topsham High Street.
The T bus: to/from Exeter High Street; Mo/Fri and Sat, half-hourly 10am-2pm, terminus at Topsham Quay.
T bus is back

See the Topsham Community Association page for more information.

See Timetables available from Exeter Bus Station or on the Web: see Exeter City Council bus timetables page.



  • First Great Western Trains
    South West Intercity Routes, timetables and Information.
  • National Rail Timetables
    Source page for 'British Rail' train times: extremely useful service that quickly calculates your route and timetable, even if it's cross-network, given where and when you want to go.


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Topsham-Turf Ferry
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The Sea Dream II, owned and operated by Steve and Marianne Garrett, offers return sailings to the popular Turf Locks Inn, Sat & Sun Easter-October, daily Easter holidays and early May to mid-September.


RSPB bird-watching cruises, Dec-March. Also available for private charter. All enquiries: 07778 370582

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Hazel and Dave, previous operators of the Sea Dream, spent five years converting an old Irish trawler, 'Ros Ailither', into a motor-sailer. They are now sailing the world, and reporting their voyage on their weblog.
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