Exminster

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Exminster

Total population

3,368

Coordinates50.68°, -3.50°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Exminster is a village west of the Exeter ship canal and River Exe in Devon, England, 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Exeter, with a population of 4,379 at the 2021 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

William Courtenay

Archbishop of Canterbury

Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

British politician (1881-1959)

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John Bidwill

English botanist (1815–1853)

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Charles Grene Ellicombe

British Army general (1783-1871)

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George Ley

English footballer (1946-2026)

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John Cheriton

Australian politician

Phil Beer

British musician

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Sir Philip Courtenay II

senior member of a junior branch of the powerful Courtenay family of England

William Montagu Manning

politician and judge from New South Wales, Australia (1811-1895)

Arthur Kekewich

British judge

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George Edward Restalic Bastin

British major-general CB OBE

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Henry William Mardon

British person in Egyptian civil service

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Verney Lovett

British civil servant in East Indies

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Frederick Courtenay

British peer and rector of Honiton (1875 - 1935)

John Dinham

British businessman and philanthropist in Exeter

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Rosamond Bayne-Powell

English historian 1879-1960

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Recently spotted species

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Seen 2026-09-16

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Seen 2026-09-16

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-16

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

Seen 2026-09-16

Beefsteak Polypore

Fistulina hepatica

Seen 2026-09-16

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Seen 2026-09-16

Eurasian Linnet

Linaria cannabina

Seen 2026-09-16

Western Cattle-Egret

Ardea ibis

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers