Brampford Speke is a small village in Devon, 4 miles to the North of Exeter. It is located on red sandstone cliffs overlooking the River Exe.

Nestled in the Exe Valley, the village of Brampford Speke is a conservation area with a number of fine houses and chocolate box thatched cottages, a Grade 1 listed church, St Peter’s, whose tower dates back to the fifthteenth Century and a Grade 11 listed Devon Inn the “Agricultural Inn”. an award winning 18th Century pub and restaurant which is only a 10 minute stroll from the Bed and Breakfast.

The village was once served by the Exe Valley line of the Great Western Railway which opened on 1st May 1885 and was closed by Beeching on the 7th October 1963. Both the old station and old station house are now private homes and are situated across the river from the village. The only access to those houses is by footbridge over the river Exe and a short walk from the bed and breakfast. The footbridge also connects with the Exe Valley Way and the surrounding 82 hectares of SSSI land where guests can relax and enjoy the river and its abundance of wildlife,

The old railway embankment can be walked to Stoke Canon to the east of Brampford Speke. At Stoke Canon you will find a Community Pub the Stoke Canon Inn, a Spar Shop and Post Office and a bus shelter where you can catch regular buses into Exeter.