property, homes and houses for sale in Axminster

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neighbouring areas

Barnstaple Dartmouth Lynton South Molton
Beaworthy Dawlish Newton Abbot Tavistock
Bideford Exeter North Tawton Teignmouth
Braunton Exmouth Okehampton Tiverton
Brixham Holsworthy Ottery St. Mary Torquay
Buckfastleigh Honiton Paignton Torrington
Budleigh Salterton Ilfracombe Plymouth Totnes
Chulmleigh Ivybridge Salcombe Umberleigh
Colyton Kingsbridge Seaton Winkleigh
Crediton Lifton Sidmouth Woolacombe
Cullompton Lynmouth South Brent Yelverton

Axminster is a small market town on the eastern border of Devon, built on a hill overlooking the River Axe. The town gave its name to a type of carpet created by a power loom capable of weaving numerous colours and patterns, invented in 1775 by Thomas Whitty. Carpet is still manufactured in Axminster, a town that is rich in rural character.

Houses for sale in Axminster are a mix of new-build detached and semi-detached houses; modern bungalows, period cottages and houses, and impressive Grade II listed properties in rural locations. As a guide to prices, semi-detached modern houses offering three bedrooms are from £190,000; modern detached houses offering four bedrooms are from £250,000, and detached bungalows from £280,000. Above £400,000, estate agents in Axminster offer some delightful cottages and houses, often stone-built and set in exquisite rural locations, with up to six bedrooms.

If you are looking for flats for sale in Axminster they are available in period conversions and purpose-built apartment houses, from £120,000 for one bedroom and £135,000 for two. Please contact Axminster estate agents for details of flats, cottages and houses currently available.

Amenities for property in Axminster

Axminster has many interesting shops and attractive streets radiating from the town square, in a charming town surrounded by beautiful parks, stately homes and verdant countryside. The Church of St Mary with its Saxon foundations stands on Minster Green in the centre of Axminster and serves St Mary's Catholic Primary School. Other local schools include Axminster County Primary, All Saints Church of England Primary, and Musbury Primary.

Transport in Axminster

Axminster is situated on the A35 Poole to Honiton road and the A358 Ilminster road. The railway station in Axminster is on the mainline from Exeter to London Waterloo and offers a service to Exeter in 40 mins and to London Waterloo in under 3 hours.

Surrounding areas

While searching for property to buy or property to rent in Axminster, which is covered by postcode EX13, you may also like to consider neighbouring Devon towns such as Seaton, Honiton, and Sidmouth; and across the border in Somerset: Chard and Crewkerne.