EXMOUTH, a market-town, seaport and watering-place in the Honiton parliamentary division of Devonshire, England, on the east bank at the mouth of the river Exe, 8 m. S.E. by S. of Exeter and 5 m. W. of Budleigh Salterton by either of those routes on the Southern railway. Pop. of urban district In the i8th century it consisted of a fishing village at the base of Beacon hill, a height commanding fine views over the estuary and the English channel. After its more modern terraces were built up the hillside, Exmouth became one of the leading seaside resorts in Devon. Its excellent bathing and the beauty of its coast and moorland scenery attract many visitors in summer, while it is frequented in winter by sufferers from pulmonary disease. The climate is unusually mild, as a range of hills shelters the town on the east. A promenade runs along the sea wall ; there are golf links and public gardens, and the port is a favourite yachting centre, a regatta being held annually. Near the town is a natural harbour called the Bight. Docks for the river shipping were built in 1869. A steam ferry connects Exmouth with Starcross on the west shore of the estuary and a station on the G.W. railway. The local in dustries include fishing, brick-making and the manufacture of Honiton lace. Exmouth was early a place of importance, and in contributed Io vessels to the fleet sent to attack Calais. It once possessed a fort or "castelet," designed to command the estuary of the Exe, which was garrisoned for the king during the Civil War, and captured in 1646.