Exeter Custom House - ECQT

14/10/2026

🎁 FINAL CALL FOR FESTIVE GIFT FAIR STALLHOLDERS! 🎄

Got a stall full of lovely things that would make perfect Christmas presents? We’d love to hear from you!

We’re looking for quality local traders selling unique gifts you won’t find on the high street for our Festive Gift Fair at Exeter Custom House on Saturday 21 November.

✨ Just ONE indoor stall pitch left!
✨ A handful of outdoor pitches still available under the Transit Shed.

Please note that, with the Quayside Farmers Market also taking place that morning, this event will focus on gifts and Christmas shopping. We won’t be accepting food or drink traders.

📩 Interested in joining us? Find out more and apply here:

👉 www.exetercustomhouse.co.uk/event/trader-call-out-christmas-gift-fair/

Help us make this year’s Festive Gift Fair a wonderful celebration of local makers, independent businesses and Christmas shopping! 🎅🎁

13/10/2026

🎃👻 HALLOWEEN ON THE QUAY! 🦇🍂

Things are getting spooky down on the Quayside, and we’re rounding up some of the fang-tastic Halloween fun you can enjoy over the half-term holidays! 🕷️

Our friends at Puerto Lounge have a whole cauldron of activities lined up for their Little Loungers. From creepy crafts to pumpkin decorating, there’s plenty to keep little monsters entertained! 🧙‍♀️

🍪 26 & 27 October | Cookie Decorating
Get creative with some spooky sweet treats from 10am, until supplies run out!

🎨 28 October | Halloween Crafts
Make something monstrously marvellous from 10am.

🧠 29 October | Family Quiz
Gather your cleverest witches and wizards for a family quiz! Email [email protected] to register your team. The quiz will go ahead if at least four teams sign up.

🎃 30 October | Pumpkin Decorating
Create your very own Halloween masterpiece from 10am, until supplies run out.

🦇 31 October | Little Loungers Halloween Party
Finish the spooky season with a FREE Halloween party! 🎉 Every person attending, adults and children alike, will need a ticket, so be sure to book yours in advance.

🎟️ Book your place here:
https://fixr.co/event/little-loungers-halloween-party-tickets-650982002

So grab your broomsticks, dust off those fancy-dress costumes and head down to the Quay for some Halloween half-term fun! 🧡

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12/10/2026

🎄🎁 SAVE THE DATE! 🎁🎄

Get your Christmas shopping wrapped up nice and early at the Exeter Custom House Festive Gift Fair. Expect a fantastic selection of quality, unique gifts you won’t find on the high street. ✨

And that’s not all… Quayside Farmers' Market will also be taking place that morning, from 9am–1pm, so why not make a day of it? 🛍️🥕🍰

Take a stroll along Exeter’s historic waterfront and don’t forget to pop into the wonderful independent shops, cafés, pubs and restaurants along the Quayside. ⚓️❤️

📅 Save the date: Saturday 21 November (10am - 4pm)

More information coming very soon…

🎄 Christmas on the Quayside — the perfect place to shop local and get into the festive spirit! 🎄

11/10/2026

🩷🩵 Baby Loss Awareness Week — 9th–15th October 🩵🩷

Once again, Exeter Sands has created a beautiful and moving ribbon display on Cricklepit Bridge, Exeter Quay, to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week. 🎀

This is the third year that Exeter Sands has brought the display to the Quay, creating a special space for families to remember and honour their precious babies.

The display will remain in place until 18th October, and anyone is welcome to add their own ribbon — whether in memory of a baby they have lost, or in support of someone they know. 🩷🩵

Baby loss can happen at any stage of pregnancy or after birth, and the ribbon display is a gentle way to remember those babies and, importantly, to start conversations about baby loss.

If you have experienced baby loss, you are not alone. 💗

For more information or support, please get in touch with Exeter Sands. 🩵🩷

10/10/2026

🍂🥕 ONE WEEK TO GO! 🥕🍂

Soup season is calling… and Exeter Quayside Farmers' Market has everything needed for those cosy autumn lunches! 🍲

The market returns next Saturday, 17 October, from 9am–1pm, bringing a brilliant line-up of local producers, makers, growers and food heroes from across the West Country.

There’ll be fresh seasonal veg, local cheeses, artisan bread, preserves, honey, meat, fish, sweet treats and plenty more delicious goodies to discover.

📍 Exeter Quayside
📅 Saturday 17 October
⏰ 9am–1pm
🛍️ Every third Saturday of the month

So, whether it’s ingredients for a warming bowl of soup, something delicious for the weekend or a few treats to enjoy at home, come hungry, shop local and fill your bags with the best of the West Country! 🍂🛍️

See you on the Quayside next Saturday! 👋

09/10/2026

🎶 Check out the wonderful photos from our Quayside Shanty & Heritage Harbour Festival 2026 ⚓

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Quayside Shanty & Heritage Harbour Festival in Exeter. We loved filling the Quayside with fantastic sea shanties, wonderful voices and a brilliant atmosphere!

📸 These gorgeous photos were captured by Grace Clifford. Follow her on Instagram at and .

The festival was brought to you by Exeter Canal & Quay Trust and Samuel Jones, with support from Puerto Lounge and On the Waterfront.

❤️ Keep the shanties singing! You can help us keep next year’s festival free by donating to our GoFundMe page: https://gofund.me/3f7331cb0

Thank you for being part of it. We can’t wait to do it all again! 🎵

09/10/2026

08/10/2026

08/10/2026

🎃👻 WHO’S UP FOR A QUIZ TONIGHT?! 👻🎃

Fancy a fun night out, a bit of friendly competition and the chance to win a prize for your Halloween outfit? Then get yourselves down to Samuel Jones tonight! 🍻

Our friends at Samuel Jones are hosting one of their brilliant pub quizzes tonight, Thursday 8 October, from 7.30pm — and this one is Halloween themed! 🎃

🕢 Starts at 7.30pm
💷 Just £2 per person
👥 Teams of up to 6
🎃 Halloween fancy dress encouraged (but not compulsory!)
🏆 Best dressed wins a prize!

Grab your mates, put together a team, throw on your best Halloween outfit and come and join us for a great night at the pub!

Even better, every penny raised goes to the Exeter Canal & Quayside Trust ⚓️, helping us continue to put on events like the Exeter Quayside Shanty Festival — completely FREE for everyone to enjoy. 🎶

So don’t sit at home — get your team together and get down to Samuel Jones tonight! 👻🍻

06/10/2026

🚶‍♀️♿🚲 Help map Exeter’s Good Ways to walk, wheel and cycle

A new project is inviting people across Exeter to help create an interactive map and app highlighting the city’s best local routes for walking, wheeling and cycling.

Good Ways Exeter is being developed with local people, who know which routes are quieter, easier, safer, more enjoyable or simply better for getting from A to B.

You can get involved by:

🌿 Sharing a favourite route
🚲 Checking routes shared by others
👍 Rating routes for things like ease and enjoyment
📱 Testing the Good Ways app and website
💡 Sharing ideas about what works and what could be improved

It could be a quiet cycle route, a riverside walk, an accessible route through nature, a favourite neighbourhood loop or simply a way of avoiding a busy road or awkward crossing.

The Exeter pilot is being funded by
and is currently being built and tested with local communities.

Want to get involved? Find out more and join the Exeter pilot:
goodways.org/exeter