Tourist Information Centre
 Tourist Information Centre Opening Hours |
| April 1st - November 6th |
Mon-Fri
9.30am - 5pm |
Saturday
10am -1pm |
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| July - October inclusive |
| November 6th - March 31st |
Mon - Fri
9.30am - 2pm |
Thursday afternoon
until 4.30pm |
Saturday
10am - 1pm |
We hope you will pop into this busy centre on your visit to Ottery St Mary where you will find the Manager Mrs Phyllis Baxter only too happy to help and inform you of local activities and events and places to stay in the beautiful parish of Ottery St Mary. Please see her website.
www.otterytourism.org.uk/
Events Picture Gallery Useful Links
Ottery St Mary Town attracts visitors from all over the world. They come to see the magnificent Parish Church, modelled on Exeter Cathedral and to walk in the footsteps of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born in Ottery in 1772 and where he spent his early childhood. Variously described as a poet, philosopher, journalist, literary critic, fell walker, travel writer, naturalist, translator and writer the fame of Coleridge has spread throughout the world.
Tar Barrel Night on November 5th offers a spectacle that has featured on television in a vast number of countries. Men, women and children of Ottery run with flaming barrels through the streets of the town. A Bonfire, some twelve metres high, burns beside the River Otter and a Fun Fair on the opposite bank offers enjoyment for both local people and the thousands of visitors who come to see the spectacle.
In midsummer Pixie Day is celebrated when the town comes alive with children dressed as Pixies who capture the bell ringers from the Church in a re-enactment of a tradition lost in antiquity. This colourful celebration is a joy for all to see. Please see "Famous in Ottery" page on this website for full details and a link to the Pixi website
Services available at the information centre: Booking Accommodation, Agents for National Express, Sovereign Coaches, Concerts at the Parish Church, Promote Ottery St Mary town, with What’s on, What to see, Where to eat, farmer’s markets, community markets. Just call in we are here to welcome our local residents as well as visitors from all over the world.
Look at the changing of the Seasons in the window display that Phyllis arranges.