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Step into the past with RHS Rosemoor's Vintage Weekend

Travel back in time and enjoy a weekend of nostalgia at RHS Rosemoor’s annual Vintage Weekend, supported by Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management. Admire a huge and eclectic selection of wonderful classic cars, motorcycles, tractors and caravans on the rolling lawns and speak to the collectors who…

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North Devon residents to get free bus travel

Free Sunday bus travel is being offered in North Devon this June to promote public transport and encourage leisure travel. Residents and visitors across North Devon will be able to benefit from the offer, which starts this Sunday (2 June) on all services in and out of Barnstaple. It will also be…

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Exmoor Zoo welcome the world's smallest fox

Exmoor Zoo is celebrating after the arrival of a pair of fennec foxes, the world’s smallest species of fox. The pair are now on exhibit in a purpose built enclosure at the top of the zoo near the café. Fennec foxes are incredibly cute and tiny, with large eyes and ears. The size of their ears…

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EVENT CANCELLED | Rosemoor Live 2024 is back!

Please note the following events are cancelled: Liz Shakespeare ‘The Ordeal of Miss Lucy Jones’ Saturday 18 May at 1:30pm Rosemoor Live – New Purple Celebration - The Music of Prince, Friday 28 June, 8pm Rosemoor Live – 80’s Night: Live band and special guests, Saturday 29 June, 8pm Rosemoor Live –…

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RHS Rosemoor selected as home for endangered Wollemi pines

RHS Garden Rosemoor, situated near Great Torrington in North Devon, has been chosen to be part of a global conservation project to protect the endangered Wollemia pine from Australia, one of a few very select sites in the UK. Wollemi pines have been dubbed the ‘dinosaur tree’ because fossil records…

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New arrivals at the zoo!

Exmoor Zoo are celebrating the birth of a litter of Bat Eared Fox puppies! Visitors to the zoo might have wondered about the secrecy as part of the zoo was sealed off to create a special, quiet area for two of our cutest foxes while they were preparing for the arrival of their new babies. Now the…

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