Totnes
An independent, 150-capacity music venue in the heart of Totnes, hosting local, national and international bands and artists, as well as comedy nights, Word Cafes and a range of other live events.
Exeter
The only Devon focused charity that exists to protect all wildlife in Devon, on land and at sea.
Okehampton
A community resource for learning, networking, growing and sustainability, at Okehampton College.
North Brentor, Tavistock
Brentor Church, St Michael de Rupe, is the parish church of Brentor and one of the iconic landmarks of West Devon, founded in 1130 on the summit of Brent Tor. The church believes it is the highest working church in southern England.
Throwleigh
Documentary photographer born in Wigan in 1952, who moved to Dartmoor in 1975 and has photographed hill farming and village life there for fifty years. Dartmoor Society Award 2008.
“Oh, Miss, how can I ever thank 'ee? I bathed my arms same as you told me at bedtime and got right in bed and slept till nine o'clock this morning without moving. Us haven't had such a night for months.”
Who wrote this?
Historical crime novelist who lives on northern Dartmoor. His Knights Templar mystery series follows Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock, bailiff of Lydford Castle, and several books are set in Dartmoor parishes.
Devon historian and Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, author of dozens of books on Devon history including Dartmoor Engraved.
West Country journalist and historian (born 1916) who edited the multi-author survey Dartmoor: A New Study (1970) and wrote the 1976 David & Charles volume Dartmoor.
Author of A Pilgrimage to Dartmoor's Crosses (1997) and founder of the Legendary Dartmoor website, winner of a 2021 Dartmoor Society Award.
