Articles

The Architecture Of Honiton’s Victorian And Georgian Buildings
Honiton’s streets offer a compact lesson in English architectural history. Georgian proportions, Victorian shopfronts, rendered façades, sash windows and slate…
Where To Buy Local Honey And Preserves In Honiton
Honiton is a rewarding place to shop for Devon-made honey, farmhouse jam, fruit curds and chutneys. The East Devon market town sits between the Blackdown Hills…
A Guide To Honiton’s Play Parks And Recreation Grounds
Honiton is a practical base for families who want a slower-paced Devon break, with play areas, open lawns and recreation grounds close to the town centre. The…
Honiton's Place on the Exeter to Plymouth Turnpike
The old coaching road between Exeter and Plymouth once carried the lifeblood of Georgian and Victorian England. Honiton, a market town famed for lace, pottery…
Where to Find a Hearty Sunday Roast in Honiton
For Australians raised on weekends spent around the barbie, the British Sunday roast often feels like a familiar ritual transplanted into another landscape.…
A History of Honiton’s Glove Making and Leather Trade
Honiton is widely associated with lace, yet its older industrial story also includes a skilled glove-making and leather trade. For several centuries, workshops…
Exploring Honiton’s Green Lanes and Ancient Tracks
Honiton is a rewarding place to explore on foot, especially for visitors who enjoy routes shaped by farming, trade and centuries of local travel. Its narrow…
Five Affordable Places To Stay In And Around Honiton
Honiton is a practical base for travellers who want to experience East Devon without paying coastal resort prices. The market town sits between Exeter and the…
Honiton's Old Workhouse and Its Lasting Legacy in East Devon
Around 1840, on a sloping plot north of Honiton's market square, builders raised a plain brick and flint block that defined the town's relationship with the…
Honiton's farmers' market: what to buy and when to go
Nestled in the rolling green folds of East Devon, Honiton is the kind of market town where the weekly gathering of growers, bakers and makers still shapes the…