Devon Wildlife Trust is opening Meeth Quarry nature reserve for the first time to the wider public at a free special event on Friday 31 May between 10.30am and 4pm.
Meeth Quarry, near Hatherleigh, is 150 hectares of rolling landscape, deep water filled lakes and beautiful views. The charity’s message for the day is clear: ‘Come on down and see what we’ve been up to’.
The site was an operational clay quarry until 2004 and throughout its working life remained off-limits to the general public. At its peak, in the 1970s the quarry was employing nearly 50 local people and...
