Rosie's brief guide to Topsham

Rosie
Rosie's brief guide to Topsham

Dinner spots

Great places to eat in Topsham
A great local wine cellar serving their award winning local wine, and delicious pizzas, cheeses and meats.
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Pebblebed Vineyard
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A great local wine cellar serving their award winning local wine, and delicious pizzas, cheeses and meats.
The Passage is our favourite summer pub, and definitely our favourite of Topsham’s pubs to eat in. Friendly staff, and a great range of drinks including a selection of local gins and real ales. The menu is great comfort pub food often featuring a variety of excellent specials all made with local ingredients. Top tips: if it’s a clear day it’s the best view for sunset in all of Topsham. Sit outside on the benches for a sundowner. In the winter months, Tuesdays are quiz nights so get along and enter your team!
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The Passage House Inn
Ferry Road
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The Passage is our favourite summer pub, and definitely our favourite of Topsham’s pubs to eat in. Friendly staff, and a great range of drinks including a selection of local gins and real ales. The menu is great comfort pub food often featuring a variety of excellent specials all made with local ingredients. Top tips: if it’s a clear day it’s the best view for sunset in all of Topsham. Sit outside on the benches for a sundowner. In the winter months, Tuesdays are quiz nights so get along and enter your team!
The Pig & Pallet is a great place for all things meaty (though the vegetarian selection is good too - I’d recommend the macaroni cheese). Run by the same guys behind the award winning Good Game Co, the affectionately known ‘P&P’ is a great relaxed place for all ages and all occasions. The restaurant is built entirely out of pallets and the walls are adorned with pig-related paraphernalia.
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Pig And Pallet
10 Topsham Quay
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The Pig & Pallet is a great place for all things meaty (though the vegetarian selection is good too - I’d recommend the macaroni cheese). Run by the same guys behind the award winning Good Game Co, the affectionately known ‘P&P’ is a great relaxed place for all ages and all occasions. The restaurant is built entirely out of pallets and the walls are adorned with pig-related paraphernalia.
If you’re looking for something a little more fancy, and still want to stay in Topsham, The Salutation Inn is the one. Booking is fairly essential for the evenings, but come here for Michelin level dining and an incredible selection of wines. Top tip: If you want to experience a taste of the Salutation service and food without the dinner-time price tag, head there for lunch in The Glasshouse which is next to the restaurant. Perfect for lunch or afternoon tea!
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The Salutation Inn
68 Fore St
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If you’re looking for something a little more fancy, and still want to stay in Topsham, The Salutation Inn is the one. Booking is fairly essential for the evenings, but come here for Michelin level dining and an incredible selection of wines. Top tip: If you want to experience a taste of the Salutation service and food without the dinner-time price tag, head there for lunch in The Glasshouse which is next to the restaurant. Perfect for lunch or afternoon tea!
A cosy Italian with consistently excellent food, good service and a relaxed atmosphere. Great takeaway pizzas too.
Marcello
A cosy Italian with consistently excellent food, good service and a relaxed atmosphere. Great takeaway pizzas too.
A Michelin plate restaurant which is perfect for a lux lunch or long dinner, specialising in fish. Exemplary service, delicious food, and excellent wine to boot.
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The Galley Restaurant
41 Fore St
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A Michelin plate restaurant which is perfect for a lux lunch or long dinner, specialising in fish. Exemplary service, delicious food, and excellent wine to boot.
Cosy in the winter and now with a vamped up outdoor area, The Globe is a stalwart of Topsham, and never fails to please.
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The Globe
34 Fore St
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Cosy in the winter and now with a vamped up outdoor area, The Globe is a stalwart of Topsham, and never fails to please.
Monday nights in the grounds of Matthew’s Hall (3 min walk away) is one of the best takeaway trailers you’ll ever attend. We highly recommend the monkfish scampi, vegan Caribbean curry, and the fennel ketchup! But seriously, it’s all amazing.
Harry’s Kitchen
3 Fore Street
Monday nights in the grounds of Matthew’s Hall (3 min walk away) is one of the best takeaway trailers you’ll ever attend. We highly recommend the monkfish scampi, vegan Caribbean curry, and the fennel ketchup! But seriously, it’s all amazing.

Outdoor activity

Walks, cycling, and time on the water.
This is the place to go to hire bikes and make the most of cycling around the Exe Estuary cycle trail. Liz will sort you out with helmets and bikes, and give you a map of the route. Top tips: The Exe estuary trail is a circular route in the summer months due to the Exmouth to Starcross Ferry. Cycle down to Exmouth and the beach, get the ferry to starcross and cycle back the other side all the way to Topsham via The Turf and Double Locks pubs. If you want a slightly shorter route, get the Topsham ferry across the Estuary. Just check your times so you don’t get stuck - the tides affect the running on a daily basis. In the summer months they also rent Stand Up Paddleboards (SUPs) so you can have an adventure on the water!
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Route 2 Bikes Topsham
4 Amity Pl
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This is the place to go to hire bikes and make the most of cycling around the Exe Estuary cycle trail. Liz will sort you out with helmets and bikes, and give you a map of the route. Top tips: The Exe estuary trail is a circular route in the summer months due to the Exmouth to Starcross Ferry. Cycle down to Exmouth and the beach, get the ferry to starcross and cycle back the other side all the way to Topsham via The Turf and Double Locks pubs. If you want a slightly shorter route, get the Topsham ferry across the Estuary. Just check your times so you don’t get stuck - the tides affect the running on a daily basis. In the summer months they also rent Stand Up Paddleboards (SUPs) so you can have an adventure on the water!
Down by the water, this lovely space hosts a huge play park, skate park, plutonk court, ping pong tables, and outdoor gym equipment.
Topsham Recreation Ground
1 Ferry Rd
Down by the water, this lovely space hosts a huge play park, skate park, plutonk court, ping pong tables, and outdoor gym equipment.
For the twitchers and nature lovers this is a paradise of rare birds native to the area, and even otters 🦦 there is a bird hide and family nature garden and the walk there takes you via the Goat walk and wonderful views down to Exmouth on a clear day.
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RSPB Bowling Green Marsh
Bowling Green Road
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For the twitchers and nature lovers this is a paradise of rare birds native to the area, and even otters 🦦 there is a bird hide and family nature garden and the walk there takes you via the Goat walk and wonderful views down to Exmouth on a clear day.

Breakfast/lunch spots

Perfect cafes with delicious food and great coffee.
Sara’s is a must for some of the best pastries you’ve ever tasted, and the best coffee in town. Top tips: Sara is Portuguese and makes fantastic Pastel de Nata. Also, if you bring your mug they’ll put your takeaway coffee in that for you to drink back at Beam Cottage.
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Sara's Petite Cuisine
80 Fore St
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Sara’s is a must for some of the best pastries you’ve ever tasted, and the best coffee in town. Top tips: Sara is Portuguese and makes fantastic Pastel de Nata. Also, if you bring your mug they’ll put your takeaway coffee in that for you to drink back at Beam Cottage.
If it’s a cooked breakfast you’re looking for head to Route 2 cafe.
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Route 2 Cafe & Apartments
1 Monmouth Hill
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If it’s a cooked breakfast you’re looking for head to Route 2 cafe.
Crepes and cakes, what more could you want?
The Boathouse Café
Crepes and cakes, what more could you want?
We think the breakfast is average, but the cakes are excellent!
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The Cafe
76 Fore St
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We think the breakfast is average, but the cakes are excellent!

Sightseeing

Topsham museum is only open in the summer months, and is run entirely by volunteers. Head here to learn about the fascinating history of the Dutch port town Topsham. There’s an excellent cafe too! Top tip: Topsham museum has a small but beautiful garden that is always open to the public. It’s a great spot to sit on the bench and watch sunset from.
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Topsham Museum
25 Strand
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Topsham museum is only open in the summer months, and is run entirely by volunteers. Head here to learn about the fascinating history of the Dutch port town Topsham. There’s an excellent cafe too! Top tip: Topsham museum has a small but beautiful garden that is always open to the public. It’s a great spot to sit on the bench and watch sunset from.
Voted ‘Best Farm Shop in the UK’ multiple times, it’s for it all. Farm shop with local and artisan produce, gifts, kitchen shop, cafe, farm walks, farm animals, a small playground. And all just a short walk from Topsham.
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Darts Farm Restaurant
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Voted ‘Best Farm Shop in the UK’ multiple times, it’s for it all. Farm shop with local and artisan produce, gifts, kitchen shop, cafe, farm walks, farm animals, a small playground. And all just a short walk from Topsham.

Food scene

Nourish of Topsham
56 Fore St