You are here:

Exeter Ship Canal

Countess Wear Bridge. © Mick Melvin - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

The Exeter Ship Canal runs for 5.3 miles from its basin in Exeter to the River Exe at Turf.

The River is now popular with rowers and canoeists, walkers and anglers and both commercial and leisure boats. It is also a favourite haunt for keen twitchers.