Useful Informations
The Globe welcomes students of about 42 different nationalities each year
Your family or a Globe Staff will always welcome you at the bus or train station and at the airport in Exeter
Shops are open from 9.00-17.30, Monday to Saturday. Main shops are open on Sunday 10.00-16.00.
Supermarkets open in the evenings until 22.30 or all night!
Banks and Post Offices are open from 9.00-17.00 Monday to Friday
Summer temperatures: 18-30°C. - Winter temperatures: 0-12°C
Maximum daylight hours: summer 17 hours, winter 9 hours
Free health care for all members of the European Union and some other European Countries. If not, ask Globe to get your insurance: from £6 per week.
Cost of a weekly bus pass - from £6
Cost of an average taxi ride in Exeter - £5
Cost of the shuttle train to the beach £3.50 (half price for under 16 year olds)
Direct trains to Cornwall, Wales, Scotland and London-Paddington and London-Waterloo.
Direct buses to London-Heathrow and London-Victoria
Direct flights to IRELAND: Belfast, Dublin; SCOTLAND: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen; ENGLAND: Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool; CHANNEL ISLANDS: Jersey, Guernsey, Scilly Isles; SPAIN: Malaga, Alicante, Palma de Majorca; PORTUGAL: Faro; FRANCE: Paris, Brest, Rennes, Bergerac, Avignon, Chambery, Nice; HOLLAND: Amsterdam; SWITZERLAND: Geneva; AUSTRIA: Salzburg.
National emergency telephone number - 999
Dinnertime: most families eat between 17.30 and 19.00
Eating out: from 19.00
Pubs opening times: 11.00-23.00
Cost of a meal and a drink in a pub from £8
Night club opening times: until 3.00 am
Libraries and National Museums are free
Smokers! Cigarettes are expensive here - £5 for 20 on average! Buy them on the plane!
No smoking in public places in UK
We have a 24-hour emergency number on our School answer-phone, so you can forget everything except the Globe's phone number. It is all you need to know!
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