Chagstock Festival, which takes place on 17 and 18 July this year, is one of the Westcountry’s best-loved festivals.
Set in 70 acres of farmland on the edge of Dartmoor, Chagstock is renowned for its stunning location, diverse line-up of artists and non-corporate, family friendly atmosphere. Chagstock showcases the very best music, food and entertainment that the Westcountry and the UK have to offer.
The full Friday billing has been confirmed, and is without question the biggest single-day line up in the festival’s nine-year history.
A year on from the devastating storm that hit the Dawlish railway line on 5th February 2014, Dartmoor Brewery revisits the popular seaside town with donations for two local charities at the heart of the Dawlish community.
Dartmoor Brewery raised the donation by the sale of their special edition ‘On Track’ charity beer launched with the support of CAMRA. The donation totaling over £200 was split equally between The Snooky Trust, helping 18- 40 year olds with physical illness in Dawlish and Devon, and Assist Teignbridge that promotes, volunteers and offers information, advice, help...
The sound of the blacksmith's hammer could be heard in Princetown last week as a new Dartmoor boundary marker was created at the Princetown Forge.
The marker was made to replace an original which was stolen from Eylesbarrow last year. The marker, originally one of four placed on the moor in the latter part of the nineteenth century, is known as a 'cobra head' due to its unusual shape, resembling the hooded head of a cobra.
Four iron posts, 18 inches tall, resembling a cobra with flattened head are recorded in the Ordnance Survey boundary remark book of 1881 in which...
Help Dartmoor National Park Archaeologists and Rangers look after prehistoric stone rows in a day of conservation work on Friday 27 February 2015.
Dartmoor’s landscape is among the richest in western Europe in terms of its archaeological remains. Dartmoor contains the longest stone row in the world and has the greatest number of archaeological sites out of all the UK National Parks. In fact 60% of all stone rows to be found in England are on Dartmoor.
All of this takes some looking after and we hope that you will find the time to help us. The work will involve clearing...
An evening of myths and legends at Higher Uppacott, Dartmoor National Park’s grade one listed medieval longhouse.
Higher Uppacott forms the backdrop for this exciting and fun evening of storytelling and songs featuring just some of the spine tingling myths and legends of Dartmoor.
A wonderful atmosphere awaits you and your family, with the house lit by oil lamps and candles. The evening begins with a quick tour of the house before settling down to see if the hairy hands will put in an appearance!
Booking is essential as places are limited and family half term events...
An Exeter man is set to join a determined group of fund-raisers who are planning a midnight trek to the peak of Mount Snowdon to raise funds to help find a cure for dementia.
Stoke Canon resident Andrew Harris’ mum Jackie was diagnosed with vascular dementia three years ago and is cared for on a day to day basis by her 84 year-old husband Douglas.
37-year-old Andrew, who works in the IT department at Gregory Distribution, said: “My sister, Melissa and I help out at any opportunity. Although diagnosis and treatment are available there is no cure, yet. We have found it...
Dartmoor National Park has been chosen as one of the 101 British landmarks that Visit Britain will be featuring in their £1.6m marketing campaign in China - GREAT Names for GREAT Britain
The campaign is designed to encourage Chinese people to learn more about Britain by inviting them to come up with the most fitting, meaningful and memorable Chinese names for British places and experiences.
This is especially important as some British names are difficult to translate or pronounce in Chinese.
Over the next week, Dartmoor National Park will be promoted in China across...
A longhouse is a medieval farmhouse in which both people and cattle were accommodated under a single roof.
Higher Uppacott is a grade one listed building of rare and national importance. It is one of the few remaining examples of this historic building type, which has retained its lower or shippon end (cattle shelter) in its original unaltered state. One of the things that makes Higher Uppacott so special is that its development from medieval beginnings through to the present day is still clearly evident within the fabric of the building. The longhouse is not open to the public all...
Help walk off that festive excess in the company of a Dartmoor Ranger.
Join Ranger Simon Lee for a walk around the Trenchford area. Hear more about the work of the Rangers and discover that there is more to this area than meets the eye.
Please book in plenty of time as these walks are very popular.
Dartmoor’s historic Stannary town of Chagford will host an extravaganza of festive food, stylish fashion, hand-made arts and crafts, superb gift ideas and live entertainment on Tuesday 9th December 2014 (6.30 ‘till late).
Chagford’s shops, Square and iconic octagonal Market House will again be bedecked with lights and beautifully decorated Christmas trees at this year’s late night event. The wide array of independent shops is once again putting on a spectacular evening where thousands of delightful gifts will be on offer for the whole family, with something for all budgets....
