Powderham Castle

Powderham Castle

Powderham Castle to receive lifeline grant towards restoration of its towers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/09/2020 - 11:01pm

Powderham Castle in Devon is set to receive a lifeline grant towards essential restoration of its iconic castellated towers from the Historic Houses Foundation.

The Historic Houses Foundation is a major beneficiary of the Heritage Stimulus Fund, recently announced by the UK Government and Historic England, which will provide invaluable support for restoration work on some of England’s most important and vulnerable historic buildings.

The Historic Houses Foundation will now be able to set in place a programme of urgent work that would not otherwise have been possible....

Comedy in the Park

Huge comedy event announced for Devon

Prepare for a riotous summer evening of laughter as promoter M&B announces a huge comedy event for 2021.

Comedy In The Park, an exciting all-day comedy extravaganza, will take place at the stunning grounds on Powderham Castle in Devon on Saturday 14th August 2021. John Bishop headlines the event with support from Katherine Ryan, Jason Manford, Rob Beckett, Paul Chowdhry and host Judi Love . Exclusive pre-sale tickets are available from today via www.comedyinthepark.co.uk .

Earlier this year, M&B announced Comedy In The Park event at Wicksteed Park in Kettering....

Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls announces major new festival in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 10/16/2020 - 12:05pm

Join Bear Grylls at the Gone Wild Festival on August Bank Holiday 2021. This new, action packed family festival is set to take place in the sweeping grounds of Powderham Castle, just outside Exeter.

Having explored the world and fostered a love of outdoor activities, Bear has co-designed a festival to give those with a thirst for excitement the ultimate family adventure. The festival schedule is packed with a range of fun activities, including kayaking on the Exe Estuary, Be Military Fit family group workouts, a purpose built obstacle course, abseiling and climbing. Expert...

Car Park Party: The ultimate live drive-in entertainment experience pulls into Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 07/31/2020 - 12:51am

Other events have unfortunately broken down on the proverbial motorway this summer, but CAR PARK PARTY is still cruising along on its journey to bring safe, socially distanced ‘drive-in’ entertainment to the people of Devon and beyond at Powderham Castle on the 14th & 15th August.

CAR PARK PARTY provides not just an evening, but a whole weekend for family and friends to enjoy with each day holding fun-filled experiences showcasing Car Park Comedy with The Comedy Store, Car Park Karaoke with The Massaoke Band and Car Park Theatre with Horrible Histories bringing the West End...

New partnership will help experts discover more about the history of Devon’s most illustrious family

A new partnership between the University of Exeter and Powderham Castle will help experts to continue to discover more about Devon’s most illustrious family.

Historians Professor James Clark and Professor Henry French are exploring the extraordinary archives at the ancestral home of the Earl of Devon to discover more about the long history of the Courtenay family, the landmark castle and Devon and the West Country region as a whole. The work has led to new exhibitions, reinterpretation of the collections at Powderham, a new understanding of our most significant medieval kings, and...

Tickets now on sale for SAFE winter charity ball

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 11/11/2019 - 1:46pm

Exeter charity SAFE has supported survivors of domestic abuse for 45 years, currently delivering specialist prevention and recovery support for adults and children. Working within a multi-agency service framework, SAFE offers a holistic “whole family approach” to recovery.

“The UK is currently in a national domestic violence crisis, with domestic homicides at 5 year high”, says CEO Emma Morris.

“Supporting families to fully recover from the trauma they have experienced as a result of domestic violence is absolutely essential. The damage that occurs spans emotional wellbeing...

Tom Jones to perform at Powderham Castle

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 03/11/2018 - 7:31pm

Global superstar Tom Jones is set to perform at Powderham Castle, Kenton on Sunday 15 July 2018 in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of entertainment this summer.

Tom Jones is a living legend. His irresistible style fuses musical eras and genres, cuts across class divides, and appeals to all ages, male and female, mainstream and cutting edge. Tom has always been about the power of the song, the power of the voice. And what a voice indeed.

Tom Jones’ distinctive voice and iconic records have earned him a place as one of the best loved artists ever to emerge from...

Bryan Adams announces special guests for Powderham Castle show

Indie-pop quartet The Dunwells have been announced as special guests for Bryan Adams’ show in Exeter this summer. The band, which has a strong following across the UK, will perform ahead of Bryan Adams at Powderham Castle on Thursday 13th July 2017. The Dunwells are a quartet from Leeds whose music is intimate yet epic, and fuses acoustic instrumentation and electronics with down to earth song writing and big choruses. The band comprises four lifelong friends, two of whom are brothers: Joe Dunwell, singer/guitarist Dave Dunwell, bassist Rob Clayton, and drummer Adam Taylor and its hits...

Not just an illusion - Leee John to play Powderham

Over the past three decades multi award winning British soul group Imagination released so many wonderful classic hits such as Body Talk, Just An illusion and Flashback, helping them to secure their dominance over the charts in the 1980s not only in the UK but across the world.

With sales in excess of over 30 million albums, Imagination presented perfect Brit Jazz/Funk songs and established their position as an essential 80s crossover soul-dance hit band influencing generations of future pop stars.

Even today the story of Imagination’s music continues in the form of a long...

Easter Fayre aims for record fundraiser

Bishopsteignton Pre-School, an entirely self-funding playgroup, is hoping for a record-breaking Easter Fayre on Saturday 22 April, when children and families from across Teignbridge converge on Bishopsteignton Community Centre to celebrate a tradition that stretches back over 25 years. Starting at 10.30am and running through to 1.30pm the Fayre, which is free to enter, will have a bouncy castle for small children, face painting, games and competitions as well as plant stalls, tombolas and much more besides. Old favourites will include splat the rat, sun flower seed growing, toy stalls and...

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