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food shopping in exeter...

i know, it's a boring thought but where is the nearest tesco/asda/sainsburies etc??? im living in cook mews and was wondering how far i would have to go to get my shopping.

Reply 1

Sephrenia

16

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&view=map&hl=en&q=supermarket&near=ex4+4ny&ie=UTF8# Its just a little walk >.<

Reply 2

monkeyru

OP

thanks

only a short stroll... nothing like cardiac hill!!

Reply 3

im in a coma

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&view=map&hl=en&q=supermarket&near=ex4+6sd&ie=UTF8#
Go James Owen Court :P
The residence is on the top roundabout.

Reply 4

monkeyru

OP

ooo... so how will you get there i wonder??? do they have special rockets to propel you over to your room? i want a rocket to take me to my room!!

Reply 5

im in a coma

Ooh, the link was naff. Google is awkward about linking.

Reply 6

Angelil

19

From Cook Mews, your nearest is probably the Sainsburys in the precinct, followed closely by the Tesco Metro. There's also an Iceland, a Somerfield and a Co-op on Sidwell St (walk towards Debenhams on the High Street and keep going). If you want to go a bit further out, I believe there are bus services that will take you to the big Tescos and Sainsburys from town.

Reply 7

monkeyru

OP

thanks... so it's a bit of a walk where ever then? :s-smilie:

and i was beginning to like cook mews!!

Reply 8

Angelil

19

It's not far at all - 15 mins each way, tops.

Reply 9

monkeyru

OP

ok, thanks :biggrin:

15 minutes is nothing. maybe it will persuade me not to buy too much!!

Reply 10

kuroptd

Angelil

From Cook Mews, your nearest is probably the Sainsburys in the precinct, followed closely by the Tesco Metro. There's also an Iceland, a Somerfield and a Co-op on Sidwell St (walk towards Debenhams on the High Street and keep going). If you want to go a bit further out, I believe there are bus services that will take you to the big Tescos and Sainsburys from town.

hiya...im more the lazy type so the bus is VERY appealing...would you happen to know how much bus fare is and if there is the possibility of a weekly or monthly bus pass?

thnks a bunch :smile:

Reply 11

Angelil

19

You can definitely get a weekly/monthly bus pass but not sure how much they are as I've never bought one.
As it is the buses in Exeter are quite expensive as the council has to subsidise all of the pensioners' bus fares, and the sheer number of pensioners means that everyone else (including students - there's no special rate) loses out. I think when I arrived a single ticket was 65p and when I left it was 85p one way. A return when I arrived was £1.20 (think so) and when I left it was more like £1.50.
Seriously, though, from campus you don't really need to get the bus there as it's not far AT ALL - on the way back, though, with a load of heavy shopping bags, is a different matter :p:

edit: crap, just realised you weren't asking about the buses from campus to town, so ignore all of the above if you live in Cook Mews :p:

I don't know how much the buses are to the big Sainsbury's and Tesco's as I've never taken them. Ditto the weekly/monthly passes bit. If you do a bit of sleuthing on www.xnet.ex.ac.uk/forums there are people there who have been in Exeter longer than I have who probably have done and will be able to tell you :smile:

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