The Castle Drogo Youth Panel has planned a free community open evening to celebrate Museums at Night on Friday 15 May. From 6pm until 9pm, the gates will be flung open for all local people to come up and enjoy spending time at the castle outside normal opening hours. The Youth Panel’s aim is for this to be a chilled out evening where visitors can stroll in the garden, relax on the lawns, listen to music and watch the sun go down. There will be plenty of games; and local musicians will be performing on-site too, including the fabulous Wren Music Youth Choir at 6.30pm. There will also be a ‘...
Trill Farm, the 300 acre organic farm and education centre near Axminster, will be participating in this national event - Open Farm Sunday - for the first time in 2015, on Sunday 7th June between 11am - 4pm.
Each year since 2006, Open Farm Sunday has seen hundreds of UK farms open up their gates to the public on the same day across the country. It’s a fantastic opportunity for the British public to get to understand the importance of farming and its connection to food production, something that is at the heart of The Trill Trust, the educational charity based at Trill.
The iconic Ship building in Derriford, once a hive of industry as the bustling headquarters of the Plymouth Herald and Western Morning News, has been given a last-minute reprieve from the threat of demolition with the announcement that it has been acquired by a South West property developer.
Burrington Estates, which has made a name for itself preserving historic buildings and returning them to their former glory, has delighted Plymouth City Council and local campaigners by vowing to save this eye-catching glass-and-steel building.
Jeremy Burgess managing director of Sparex Group has received the Michael Dwyer memorial prize in recognition of his outstanding progress in the agricultural engineering industry. The Michael Dwyer Memorial prize is presented annually to a mid-career engineer who has made exceptional progress in the agricultural engineering industry. Presenting the award Professor Mark Kibblewhite, President of IAgrE said, “Under Jeremy’s leadership the Sparex Group now has 18 companies in 17 countries and an annual turnover of £120 million.” Jeremy began his career as a design engineer with Massey...
Showjumping takes centre stage at Bicton Arena this Friday where more than 500 competitors will be competing over three days in four different arenas with 350 horses stabled on site for the duration
Some of the Westcountry’s top names from the sport will be heading to the East Devon venue including Justin Tuff, Sammie Jo Coffin, Andrew Davies, Andrew Williams, James Johnson and Paul George.
Organiser Helen West said: “Showjumping has always been very popular at Bicton and we will be very busy this weekend. Stabling 350 horses takes quite of organising but we are delighted...
Enjoy the thrill of horseracing at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Tuesday 19th May.
Racing starts at 17:30, with gates opening at 15:30. The last race is at 20:30.
Tickets will be priced at £18 for the Paddock Enclosure and £12 for the Course Enclosure. Tickets will be available for purchase online until 17:00 on Monday 18th May. There will be tickets available at the gate on the day.
Remember – Children aged 16 and under and students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS card receive free entry to all fixtures at Newton Abbot Racecourse.
Exeter Dissenters Graveyard Trust (EDGT) has received £60,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, Phase 2 of the restoration of the Dissenters Graveyard in Magdalen Street, Exeter.
This phase, which starts in late May, will continue the process of rescuing the graveyard from dereliction.
Led by volunteers from the local community, the project will repair gravestones and monuments, install wrought iron gates, put railings on the side with a sheer drop, repair and re-point walls, and remove intrusive and damaging tree stumps.
The Castle Drogo Youth Panel has planned a free community open evening to celebrate Museums at Night on Friday 15 May.
From 6pm until 9pm, the gates will be flung open for all local people to come up and enjoy spending time at the castle outside normal opening hours. The Youth Panel’s aim is for this to be a chilled out evening where visitors can stroll in the garden, relax on the lawns, listen to music and watch the sun go down. There will be plenty of games; and local musicians will be performing on-site too, including the fabulous Wren Music Youth Choir at 6.30pm. There will...
A new family-friendly alpaca feature will be unveiled for the first time on the third day of the Devon County Show (May 21-23) at Westpoint, Exeter.
Visitors will be able to get close to the woolly South American animals as part of a day of activities and demonstrations to help them ‘get to know alpacas better’.
Alpaca steward Gary Sanders said: “We felt alpaca showing, though interesting to those in the know, can be a bit dull to the public.
“A shearing demo will allow us to explain what the animals and their fleece are about and an obstacle course will show the...
