Detailed map of our site

Our Exeter headquarters and operations centre are open for visitors on a restricted basis.

The National Meteorological Library and Archive has one of the most comprehensive collections of literature on meteorology anywhere in the world. Both the Library and Archive are open to any member of the public with an interest in weather and climate.

Our staff, customers and visitors are encouraged to use environmentally sustainable means of travel to visit Met Office locations.

By road By bus and coach By rail By air Walking/Cycling

From the north

• Leave at junction 29 of the M5 motorway
• turn right at the end of the motorway slip road and go straight across the first roundabout
• take the second turning on the right into FitzRoy Road
• follow the road around the Met Office building.

From the south and west

• Leave at junction 29 of the M5 motorway
• turn right at the end of the motorway slip road and go straight across the first roundabout
• take the second turning on the right into FitzRoy Road
• follow the road around the Met Office building.

From the east

• Follow the A30 under the M5
• go straight across the first roundabout
• take the second turning on the right into FitzRoy Road
• follow the road around the Met Office building.

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From Exeter city centre

The Park and Ride (PR2/M2) provides a regular, quick route from Exeter city centre every 12 minutes.

From Exeter St Davids railway station

The H1 bus service takes 40 minutes to the Met Office site.

Service B operates from the city centre and passes Pinhoe railway station.

All of these services call at a bus stop on the Met Office site.

For other bus or coach services:

• Stagecoach
• First Devon and Cornwall
• National Express

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Main line stations

Exeter St Davids, the hub of Devon's rail network, and Exeter Central. Frequent direct services operate to Paddington and Waterloo stations in London. A typical journey from London to Exeter takes as little as 2 hours 15 minutes, and from the Midlands as little as 2 hours 30 minutes. See By Bus section for bus connections from these train stations.

The stations closest to the Met Office site are Pinhoe station to the north and Digby & Sowton station to the south. Note these stations are not serviced as frequently as Exeter St Davids.

Pinhoe can be reached from London Waterloo from the east or Exeter St Davids from the west and south. It is possible to travel direct to Digby & Sowton without changing trains from stations on the Paignton line.

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Most international flights arrive at London Heathrow (180 miles from Exeter), however, there are several flights daily from Paris and Amsterdam to Bristol Airport (66 miles from Exeter).

New flight routes to Exeter Airport (two miles from the Met Office) are started regularly.

Flybe now flies direct from Exeter Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport.

From Exeter Airport

• Follow the A30 and the road signs towards Exeter city centre
• after going under the M5, go straight across the first roundabout
• take the second turning on the right in FitzRoy Road
• follow the road around the Met Office building
  
  

From Bristol Airport

• Take the bus from Bristol Airport to Bristol Temple Meads railway station. The bus runs every 20 minutes and the journey takes about 25 minutes. Full timetable available at the Bristol Airport web site.

From Bristol Temple Meads station there are regular trains to Exeter St Davids (one per hour on average). Train journey takes about 1 hour. Timetable available at the National Rail Enquiries web site.

From Heathrow Airport

• There are about 12 National Express coaches a day between Heathrow Airport and Exeter bus station. The journey time is between 3.5 and 4 hours. The full timetable is available at the National Express web site.

The Heathrow Express train departs Heathrow Airport for London Paddington rail station every 15 minutes. Journey time is between 15 and 23 minutes. A typical journey from Paddington to Exeter St Davids takes as little as 2 hours 15 minutes. An alternative is to get the Railair bus service to Reading, where all the trains between London Paddington and Exeter stop. The service operates every 20 minutes and the journey last between 40 min and 1 hour. Details can be found at the Railair web site.

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New pedestrian/cycle links with safe crossing facilities have been provided from the Met Office site to Honiton Road and Hill Barton Road (adjacent to the site), and to Honiton Road Park and Ride public transport interchange.

Typical walking times and distances from the Met Office site are:

• to Honiton Road Park and Ride: 5 minutes
• to Pinhoe Station: 18 minutes (1.5 km)
• to Digby and Sowton Station: 25 minutes (2 km)

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