Exeter Walls Free Walking Tour

The Women’s Committee is organising a walking tour to explore the City Walls of Exeter. This is a Women’s Committee networking event and all are welcome.

The city walls of Exeter date back almost two thousand years. About 75% of this remarkable defensive perimeter still survives intact today. First built by the Romans around 200 AD, they have stood guard over the regional capital of the South-West ever since – and never to more effect than during the tumultuous years of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Exeter was besieged or attacked on no fewer than five separate occasions. In this tour, Professor Mark Stoyle of the University of Southampton – who has been researching the history of the walls for many years and has written a book about them – will conduct you on a guided tour of the city circuit. In the process, he will point out some of the structure’s most interesting architectural features and will show how the history of the city walls is inextricably intertwined with that of the men and women who lived and worked within their protective embrace.

The tour will last for approximately 1.5 hours and is not suitable for people with mobility issues.

Booking is essential as places are limited. Please book with Helen Paul. Further information will be provided after you have booked.