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Branscombe Festival

Event Date: 
29/07/2016 - 12:00pm to 31/07/2016 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Branscombe

The stunning Devonshire village of Branscombe once again hosts some of the world’s top musicians with the fourth Branscombe Festival from Friday 29 – Sunday 31 July 2016.

The Branscombe Festival combines world-class musicians with an idyllic countryside setting. Over three summer days, leading classical and opera artists perform in the village’s most picturesque venues, with cream tea served on Saturday afternoon and a hog roast that evening.

The festival culminates in a free concert on Branscombe beach by the Camborne Town Band.

The Festival is curated by Ian...

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South West care home market sees "increased activity"

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has reported increased activity in the care home market in the South West over the first half of 2016 as compared to the same period last year.

Christie & Co’s South West team, which includes offices in Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter, has completed on 40% more care businesses, and agreed deals at an increase of almost 25%, than this time last year.

This growth of demand in the market comes despite the looming European referendum, as well as the implementation of the National Living Wage on 1st April which was...

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Insurance brokers complete 66 mile challenge

Two directors of a Devon insurance company have completed a big health and fitness challenge all in aid of charity.

Northcott Beaton Directors Nick Beaton and Keiron Northcott have been in training with David Lloyd fitness expert Simon Wilson for the last five months and have raised over £3,000 after completing the Exe Valley Endurance, a 66 mile walk, over the 11th and 12th June.

The money will go to the Exeter Foundation, the Exeter Chiefs charity, which supports a number of community charities including ELF, Dream Away and Force.

Special guests from the Exeter...

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Exeter Dissenters Graveyard open day

Event Date: 
25/06/2016 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Dissenters Graveyard, Magdalen Street, Exeter

The Dissenters Graveyard in Exeter will open to visitors between 11am and 4pm on Saturday 25th June.

Visitors will be abel to:

- see the work done and being done to repair broken monuments: restored chest tombs; broken headstones repaired and set upright; and gravestones being put together piece by piece.

- view an exploratory excavation which could reveal a previously unknown underground vault.

- hear about previous excavations including an investigation of an intact underground vault with visible burials.

- hear about the histories and sometimes...

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Apple day at Elbury

Event Date: 
24/09/2016 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Elbury Farm, Cranbrook, EX5 7DR

Come along to Elbury Farm and make apple juice!

Help us gather the apples, chop and press them and make apple juice.

No dogs.

Rough ground, wellies advised.

Parking limited and maybe off road.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/september-2016/apple-day-at-elbury/

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Family forage

Event Date: 
18/09/2016 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Venue: 
Holyford Woods, meet at the picnic site at the top of Seaton Down Hill Road, EX12 2TH

Join the Education Ranger for a foraging walk in the woods

Follow the walk with a cook-up, including seasonal wild foods.

Concessions available to EDDC tenants, please contact the Countryside team.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/september-2016/family-forage/

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Starfish by starlight

Event Date: 
12/09/2016 - 8:00pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
Exmouth Beach, left of the lifeboat station, Queen's Drive, Exmouth

Join the Rangers for a torch-lit rockpool safari

Watch creatures in their underwater habitat without disturbing their usual behaviours.

Aged 8+

Concessions available to EDDC tenants, please contact the Countryside team.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/september-2016/starfish-by-starlight/

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Night time ramble

Event Date: 
31/08/2016 - 9:00am to 10:30am
Venue: 
Younghayes Community Building, Cranbrook, EX5 7DR

Take a walk on the wild side through Cranbrook Park in the dark

See the park and wildlife in a different light!

Wear warm clothes, bring a torch along.

Sturdy footwear.

No dogs.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/august-2016/night-time-ramble/

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Bird watching for children

Event Date: 
29/08/2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
Island Hide, Seaton Wetlands, Colyford to Seaton Road, Seaton, EX12 2SP

Join an expert as they introduce you to the art of bird watching

Binoculars available to borrow.

Suggested donation £2 per child.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/august-2016/bird-watching-for-children-29th-august/

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Wetlands volunteer open day

Event Date: 
27/08/2016 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Seaton Wetlands, Colyford to Seaton Road, Seaton, EX12 2SP

Explore Seaton Wetlands with the Countryside team and also discover all about the Axe Vale and District Conservation Society

Learn how you can get involved by volunteering; includes Wader-Watch, moth trapping, conservation tasks and flower walks.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/august-2016/wetlands-volunteer-open-day/

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