Book your child in for an hour of Christmas crafting at Cotley Farm. They will be provided with all the materials for that particular crafting session, along with a drink and a snack. Suitable for ages 5+
Join Sarah Pepper in making a selection of deliciously scented pampering items that make wonderful Christmas Gifts.
You'll get to make a refreshing lemon body scrub, a fantastic chocolate and orange body scrub and colourful fizzy bath bombs. We'll be packaging your projects in pretty jars, with fabric, ribbons, buttons and home made labels.
Price includes materials and a glass of prosecco or mulled wine on arrival.
Enjoy appearances by Cotley Farm’s reindeer, carol singers and Elsa from Frozen. Elsa will be judging the Exeter bauble decorating competition, and children will get the chance to hang their bauble from one of our locally grown trees.
If you would like your child to have a chance to enter this competition, please contact us on cotleyfarm@gmail.com and we will send through the details.
The first 200 families to buy their trees from our Matford site that day will get a free child’s ticket for Dartmoor Zoo. Entry is free, but booking is essential
Start your full month of Christmas cheer by joining Cotley Christmas Farm on the 25 November for our official launch evening. Explore our brand new, expanded Christmas shop, where there will be plenty of samples from our various local suppliers, along with mulled wine. You will also get the chance to decorate your very own wreath to take home with you that evening. Entry is free, but pre-booking is essential
A new countryside park for the local community has been given the go-ahead today on land between Exeter Road and Eastdon Woods north of Shutterton Lane in Dawlish.
Proposed by Councillor Price and seconded by Councillor Mayne, Teignbridge Planning Committee unanimously approved the change of use planning application for the new countryside park which will provide a natural recreational area for local people to enjoy now and into the future.
This natural, green space is needed to help protect internationally important conservation sites at nearby Dawlish Warren and the Exe...
FORMER Exeter Chiefs rugby star turned farmer, Rich Baxter joined a special sausage-making and butchery workshop at a city butchers last week.
Customers and suppliers were invited to the event, which was held at Burrow Farm’s St Thomas butchers shop, Courtney’s.
The event was held to introduce customers to Burrow Farm’s two new Master Butchers, and to give customers a chance to have a go at making their own sausages – something that Burrow Farm’s Courtney’s shop is famous for.
Shop owner Neil Grigg said: ‘We wanted to give our customers a chance to meet our...
New figures released by Visit South Devon reveal that the value of tourism to Teignbridge is rising. In 2015 alone, tourism contributed £9.8 million more to the local economy than it did in 2014, bringing the total amount brought in to Teignbridge by tourism to £262 million.
The figures come from an annual report provided to Visit South Devon and the Devon Tourism Partnership, which analyses trends in tourism year-on-year. The latest findings show that UK originated and overseas trips to Teignbridge increased 4% in 2015 compared to 2014. The average number of nights per Teignbridge...
As a result of a new partnership between The Bike Shed Theatre and Hawksmoor Investment Management, two hundred young people from Exeter’s secondary schools and colleges will be given the opportunity to go to the theatre.
Complimentary tickets will be given to students who might not ordinarily be able to attend. Visiting in small groups up to five, they will also have the chance to meet the cast and the creative team to find out more about the production and how new shows are created.
Students from West Exe school, Isca College, St James and St Peters along with Exeter...
Ottery St Mary Primary School pupils proved they were talented wordsmiths in a writing competition organised by local coffee shop, Tickety-Boo.
The seasonally-themed competition attracted an impressive 63 entries from schoolchildren of all ages, from Foundation right up to Year 6.
Tickety-Boo’s head chef, Dave Goldthorpe, visited the school to give out certificates and prizes to the children who took part.
He said: “We asked for stories based around Bonfire Night, Tar Barrels or Halloween. It was a very difficult competition to judge – we weren’t expecting quite so...
A teenager from Exeter Chiefs’ HITZ programme has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
Ash Carter is one of three finalists shortlisted for the HITZ Best Rugby Performer award supported by Land Rover. This award will be presented at the HITZ Awards on 28 November.
Through the power of rugby, HITZ tackles some of the greatest challenges facing young people today like crime, mental health challenges and unemployment.
The HITZ Best Rugby Performer award, supported by Land Rover, recognises a young person for their progress and development in the sport of...
