Explore the past, present and future of the Exe Estuary by walking the Voices of the Exe Trail.
The trail shares the audio stories of ten families who have a deep connection to the Exe Estuary and surrounding landscape. It features a central mural celebrating the Voices of the Exe Estuary, designed and painted by local mural artist GARf. The trail’s audio stories provide insights into how community members who live and work with the water are navigating change in their lives and livelihoods.
The trail is designed to be experienced in the coastscape, by listening to the audio stories in situ as you walk along the estuary. The wheelchair-accessible trail route offers 10 trail markers with QR codes you can scan to access audio clips about the past, present and future importance of that location for local people, plus the central mural celebrating the Voices of the Exe.
Download the trail map below to get exploring!
Download the trail map here.
It takes around 1 hour to travel the length of the trail.
Free trail maps can be found at Exmouth Tourist Information 45A The Strand, Exmouth EX8 1AL.
Below you can virtually tour the trail, accessing the audio stories and the transcripts for each point on the trail.
The trail was created by the Resilience of Coastal Communities (ROCC) project in collaboration with the Exe Estuary Management Partnership, Exmouth Town Council, Mindfully Wired and the local people involved in sharing their fascinating audio stories.
With special thanks to The Strand Inn for providing permission for the mural and to mural artist GARf for bringing his expertise and creativity to the mural and trail graphics.
ROCC builds knowledge and know-how to support coastal communities enhance their resilience to environmental, regulatory, and socio-cultural change, providing valued research to support marine policy and practice. The project has been funded by the UKRI Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources programme (SMMR). It is led by University of Exeter with University of Southampton, University of Bristol and Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
For further information about the ROCC project, please visit this page.
Click here to view Marker 1 – The Trouts of Topsham Boatyard