Attraction · Lympstone · Devon

Peter's Tower

Visitors to Lympstone can see Peter's Tower, an attraction. There are 6 other places to visit inside 5 km. Top of the list nearby is Powderham Castle, 2.1 km away.

Where

In Lympstone

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Attraction in Lympstone

Inside Lympstone

Peter's Tower is inside Lympstone’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons and weather

In Lympstone, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–22°C.

Jan9° / 3°89 mm

Feb9° / 3°70 mm

Mar11° / 4°72 mm

Apr14° / 5°58 mm

May17° / 8°57 mm

Jun19° / 10°52 mm

Jul22° / 12°44 mm

Aug21° / 12°64 mm

Sep19° / 10°67 mm

Oct15° / 8°98 mm

Nov12° / 5°93 mm

Dec9° / 3°104 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Lympstone, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Lympstone. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Lympstone’s full climate →

About

Peter's Tower

Attraction.

In Lympstone, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Lympstone

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where to find Peter's Tower

Orange: Peter's Tower.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Peter's Tower

By population, Exmouth leads the 8 with 35,502. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Lympstone

1,838 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km southeast of it

Exmouth

35,502 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km north of it

Exton

1,287 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 2.2 km southwest of it

Starcross

1,687 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Peter's Tower is	People	Places to visit
Lympstone	It’s in town	1,838	9
Exmouth	1.4 km southeast of it	35,502	10
Exton	1.6 km north of it	1,287	9
Starcross	2.2 km southwest of it	1,687	7
Kenton	2.3 km west of it	933	7
Woodbury	3.2 km northeast of it	1,749	8
Ebford	3.5 km north of it	474	7
Cockwood	3.6 km south of it	328	7

Make a day of it

While you are near Peter's Tower

Choose from 48 places within 15 km, such as 2 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

CastlePowderham Castle2.1 km away 2

CathedralExeter Cathedral11 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustA la Ronde1.8 km away 4

MuseumRoyal Albert Memorial Museum11 km away · 340K visitors a year (2012)5

CastleRougemont Castle11 km away 6

MuseumTopsham Museum4.1 km away 7

Theme parkCrealy Adventure Park6.4 km away 8

Abbey or priorySt Nicholas Priory11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Peter's Tower

Where is Peter's Tower?

Peter's Tower is in Lympstone, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Peter's Tower?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Peter's Tower?

June to September are the warmest months in Lympstone, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Peter's Tower?

Within 15 km: Powderham Castle (2.1 km), Exeter Cathedral (11 km), A la Ronde (1.8 km) and Royal Albert Memorial Museum (11 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Powderham Castle: raymond cocks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Exeter Cathedral: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
A la Ronde: Becks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rougemont Castle: Rougemont_Castle_gatehouse,_2010.jpg: Juan J. Martínez from Exeter, UK derivative work: Nev1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Topsham Museum: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Crealy Adventure Park: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
St Nicholas Priory: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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