Devonia’s still and sparkling water is available in Bovey Castle’s rooms, suites, lodges, restaurants and bar, as well as their event and conference facilities
Devon-based spring water company Devonia is celebrating one year of supplying its bottled still and sparkling water to Bovey Castle, in Dartmoor National Park, which has assisted the luxury five-star hotel in obtaining a Silver award for Green Tourism. 2024 has also seen Devonia introduce a new brand identity informing consumers of their collect, wash and reuse process.
Situated in an ideal position with easy access to Dartmoor, the city of Exeter, main transport links and Devon’s spectacular coastline, the thriving moorland town of Moretonhampstead is one of Devon’s best kept secrets.
With a vibrant and arty community, the town itself offers something for all ages with an array of community activities on offer ranging from toddler groups to walking clubs and retirees’ coffee mornings. There is also a fantastic selection of cafés and eateries in the town, as well as excellent essentials shops including a butcher, grocer, pharmacy and more.
Dartmoor National Park Authority has today introduced a temporary ban on open fires and barbecues on all common land within the National Park. The ban has been introduced in response to the prolonged dry weather and the risk wildfires can pose to people and animals, as well as damage to property and the natural environment. People who plan to spend time in the National Park are urged to be extremely vigilant to the increased risk of fires. A wildfire can start rapidly from things like a disposable barbecue, a cigarette or a match thrown out of a car window, or empty glass bottles left in...
With March marking the start of spring, dog owners are being urged to protect new-born livestock and breeding birds by keeping their dogs on leads while out walking. With miles of footpaths, bridleways and open access land, Dartmoor is the perfect place for people to enjoy with their canine pets. But livestock worrying is a major concern; already there has been an unusually high number of dog attacks for this time of year. During the breeding season (1 March – 31 July) Dartmoor is a particularly busy place. Ground nesting birds such as meadow pipits, skylarks and snipe love Dartmoor’s...
A series of upgrades are being made to the superfast broadband network on Dartmoor and Exmoor.
Internet service provider Airband completed its network in the two National Parks, on behalf of Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS), over three years ago.
This network provides access to superfast broadband (speeds of up to 30Mbps) to around 7,000 homes and businesses, making it possible for customers to download a film in under three minutes.
Airband has now commissioned a number of new upgrades to ensure that customers on the moors continue to get the best possible...
The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust at Parke near Bovey Tracy has a brand new car park donation cairn, thanks to the huge generosity of local builders, suppliers and the continuing loyal support of the charity’s many friends.
Earlier this year, the cairn was destroyed and the car park donations, which are used to purchase hay for the charity’s ponies, stolen.
But kind hearted businesses stepped forward to supply materials and their time to rebuild the cairn. Kenmart, Olympus Building Supplies and Stone Face Construction all proved the heroes of the hour with the former...
A Dartmoor woodland has been given a tidy-up thanks to a team of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers. Working with Dartmoor National Park’s Rangers Ella Briens and Ethan Parsons and Dartmoor Headwaters Project Officer Kerry Smith, the group spent a Sunday morning removing tree guards from a native woodland in the Dean Burn valley near Buckfastleigh. Seventeen volunteers joined Ella, Ethan and Kerry for the volunteer event on January 9 and the collective hard work was a success because they collected up hundreds of tree-guards – filling five big dumpy bags. It’s hoped the tree-guards can...
With Dartmoor on the doorstep, a magnificent coastline dotted with some of the UK’s finest beaches, Devon is fast becoming a UK hotspot for high end property.
Visitors to Dartmoor are being urged to stay away from its native ponies to help stop the spread of a vicious new strain of strangles.
Ponies are already suffering from the highly contagious infection, and now the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust is putting a firewall around the 450 hectare site it leases from Forestry England at Bellever to try and protect its herd of 27 ponies. It hopes this will prevent the infection from spreading further to other herds on the moors.
The site is very popular with visitors but with ponies at Haytor and Widecombe already infected it is...
