Princesshay
Princesshay
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
Located in the heart of Exeter, with the iconic cathedral as its backdrop, Princesshay is home to over 65 shops and restaurants. Situated within Exeter’s historic Roman Wall and with views of the city’s iconic cathedral, it offers a truly unique outdoor experience where you can shop, dine and relax with all the brands you love for life in and around Exeter. From big names to quality independents, this outdoor centre is a breath of fresh air that has it all. It attracts Exeter’s stylish shoppers, as well as visitors to the city who want to indulge in relaxed retail therapy punctuated with exceptional food and drink.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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27 reviews
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Lancaster, UK67 contributions
Jun 2022 • Family
In my opinion, this is the only nice part of Exeter city centre (excluding the cathedral area).
This was my first time in the city and it was run down, with dodgy people all around. Seeing people take drugs on a busy street at 11am on a Sunday is shocking!!!
This was my first time in the city and it was run down, with dodgy people all around. Seeing people take drugs on a busy street at 11am on a Sunday is shocking!!!
Written 12 June 2022
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So sorry to hear of your negative visit to Exeter last year - however pleased to hear that you enjoyed your experience to Princesshay.
Written 7 June 2023
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lee b
Bideford, UK1 contribution
Jun 2018 • Family
I found your car park a discrace . With all the money you receive for car parking you think you could afford to clean it maybe a lick of paint. Sticking of urine. And very dirty £4for 3 hours. Really. You should take a look at green lanes car park. Very clean and tidy and no urine smell. Get a grip.
Written 20 June 2018
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allertonlad
Northallerton, UK1,368 contributions
Sept 2020
A very pleasant shopping area in the heart of Exeter. Around 65 stores in this fairly new area, including decent branches of Debenhams & John Lewis. There is also ample parking,.
Written 20 September 2020
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Philip Williams
Reading, UK178 contributions
Jul 2019 • Family
So next door to the historic part of Exeter is this shiny part. I hope this was unused ground, and nothing historic was removed. Nothing special inside, the usual chains. But if you are looking for somewhere to sit with a drink, this is OK. Best part is the start of the city walls. Once you are done, continue to look around the historic part.
Written 14 July 2019
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Dave S
2 contributions
Jul 2023
The car park is quite uninviting and dirty, the shopping centre itself is alright but nothing stood out to me in particular. This was my first visit to Exeter and I must say I found it a bit run down and grey. Princesshayes is a decent shopping centre, but not the best.
Written 4 July 2023
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Many thanks for taking the time to leave your thoughts. We're saddened to hear that you felt the car park to be quite uninviting and dirty - our team spend a great amount of effort maintaining Princesshay and so we'd be very interested to know when you visited so we could look into this further. Thanks
Written 13 July 2023
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Dave R
Bradford, UK3 contributions
Jun 2023
Lots of empty shops and rubbish everywhere. Exeter is not a nice place in general based on my experience, lots of drug use in the centre at all hours. It feels sinister. Will never return.
Written 6 June 2023
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Many thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We are truly saddened by your feedback here as our team work incredibly hard to keep Princesshay and its surroundings looking clean & tidy; a welcoming location to visit, for example at present we have many floral displays brightening the area. We are sorry you have taken a dislike to Exeter and would be very keen to know a little more as to when you visited, and the areas where rubbish was found so we can check these and look into these issues further. We operate a 24-hr security team who are always on hand for any antisocial issues and support all visitors to the centre.
Written 7 June 2023
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k t
Wolverhampton, UK48 contributions
Jan 2020 • Family
lovely place. have been before in the summer lots of shops here, there and everywhere. better in summer as lots of shops outside
Written 15 January 2020
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JeffTheChairman
Exeter, UK1,069 contributions
Dec 2019 • Friends
Visited PRINCESSHAY shopping centre for some post Christmas shopping A bright and safe shopping area Spotlessly clean with a friendly helpful security team A great variety of quality shops and eateries
Well worth visiting for enjoyable shopping
Thank you
Well worth visiting for enjoyable shopping
Thank you
Written 29 December 2019
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Kayla
2 contributions
Dec 2019
Please give more parking, your profits will only increase in proportion and people will spend more time in store.
Written 23 December 2019
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Brianngog
Cyprus11,530 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
Princesshay in the centre of Exeter is a Shoppers Delight and in December Heaven for those wanting to do their shopping without travelling too far. Plenty of Shops for you to spend your hard earned cash in and enough variations to suit all requirements. Plenty of Food & Drink establishments to keep you fuelled on your marathon shop. Parking is available and Princesshay has its own Free WiFi.
Written 14 December 2019
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