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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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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Bideford and the River Torridge now have Heritage Harbour status thanks to tireless campaigning by ten local charities led by Way of the Wharves, a Bideford based organisation. It is hoped that this new status will bolster preservation and development, as well as bringing stories of the region’s…
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Watermouth Castle, under the stewardship of the Escapade Group, is thrilled to announce an ambitious investment plan totalling £1 million aimed at revamping and enhancing the visitor experience at the beloved Watermouth Castle attraction. This comprehensive plan includes the introduction of exciting…
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Recent data put together by Woolacombe Bay Holiday Parks shows how much you can save by choosing a holiday based in the UK in 2024 during the summer holidays and, how investing those savings, could lead to raising over £50,000 for your children's future. The research saw Woolacombe Bay compare the…
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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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Visitors to Northam Burrows can expect to find a more accessible route around the site this summer thanks to Torridge Council. Three new accessible gates have been installed providing a new accessible access point from the Burrows to the coastal path leading to Cornborough Cliffs where you can enjoy…
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On Tuesday, 4 th July, Ilfracombe took steps towards a greener future, thanks to an award given by the GreenSeas Trust, it is now the first location in the South West to receive one of the GreenSeas Trust eye catching bins. The Trust was established in 2003 and their work aims to educate, promote and…
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Exmoor Zoo is excited to announce that the beast is back as they now have a new beautiful black leopard at the zoo! The lovely female leopard, named Bagheera after the panther in Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, was born in Parc Des Felins, just outside Paris in France on 12 th May last year and…
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The team at RHS Rosemoor are celebrating after being recognised for their commitment to become a dementia-friendly attraction. The team at the gardens welcomed Great Torrington’s Deputy Mayor, Cllr Phil Cloke, and Assistant Town Clerk, Charlotte Kirby, who visited to present RHS Rosemoor's head of…
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