Every Tuesday between the 29 July and 26 August there is a wonderful opportunity for you to learn about building kits from the well-known modelling experts Gordon and Maggie Gravett.
Gordon, famous for his French metre gauge 'Pempoul' model railway, will show you the best ways to place your buildings in realistic scenes.
NOTE: A nominal £1.00 charge will be made for all kits.
Children under eight years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
Sessions last approximately two hours - last admission 20 minutes before the end. There are two sessions per day,...
RHS Garden Rosemoor will be bursting with blooms this March when it hosts its first Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Spring Flower Show and competition, on 15–16 March.
The inaugural show focuses on camellias, including the RHS Early Camellia Competition, early magnolias and rhododendrons as well as classes for ornamental shrubs and the RHS Rosemoor Daffodil Competition. Visitors can view the exquisite displays of top quality blooms from competitors from all over the South West.
Trade and advice stands in the show plus a superb range of early spring shrubs and flowering...
If you want to entertain your young ones this half term look no further than Animated Exeter.
Take the kids to Moshi Monster Sunday, which includes a special festival screening of the new ‘Moshi Monsters: The Movie’ and a ‘Make a Moshling’ workshop.
Have some fun learning to animate at one of many workshops aimed at different age-groups and abilities; make characters from your favourite C Beebies programme, Mike the Knight and bring them to life at Exeter Cathedral on Monday; discover how scrap meets animation to make weird creatures come to life; visit our exhibitions, see...
A Devon based cider maker is celebrating its silver jubilee year in style after winning a national retailing award.
The Green Valley Cyder Barn and Ale House retail outlet based at Dart’s Farm at Topsham near Exeter has won the nationally recognized Drinks Retailing Award for Independent Cider Retailer of the Year 2014.
The Cyder Barn has grown from a small outdoor unit selling only cider pressed on site and made only from Devon apples to a large in-store retail outlet stocking 180 ciders and perrys from the UK and across Europe. It is now probably the largest retailer of...
Devon county council may raise its council tax for the first time in four years in an effort to protect its services against further cuts. Despite a budget cut of £100 million in the last four years the Council has to find another £110 million by 2017 with several non-statutory services already under review. The council’s cabinet met on Wednesday and agreed to 1.99% increase to the current council tax levels forgoing a government grant for freezing the tax for another year. Council leader John Hart explained the decision “If I accept a council tax freeze grant from the Government this year...
