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Across Devon, National Trust places are alive with the promise of warm summer days, lazy weekend picnics and trips out with family and friends. There’s loads on offer this season, from wildflower walks to garden and art tours and garden theatre performances to family trails.

What’s more, every time you experience a National Trust day out, you help care for these special places for...

Hedgerow survey season is here, and wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is looking for volunteers in all corners of the UK to take part in its Great British Hedgerow Survey .

Between now until October volunteers are encouraged to health-check their local hedgerows by filling in PTES’ simple survey form. Key features of their chosen hedge are recorded, such...

More than 250 meticulously painted botanical watercolours, dating from over 100 years ago, have been brought out of the archives at the National Trust’s Arlington Court, to help gardeners and rangers restore lost wildflower meadows on the Devon estate. They provide an important insight into species of wildflowers that our ancestors would have seen on an everyday walk around the estate....

Devon-based Apex Race Centre, the South West’s premier and only immersive virtual motorsport experience, is readying itself for a new season of leisure experiences and corporate events, following over £100,000 of investment in cutting-edge technology commonly used by professional race drivers to prepare for the season ahead.

The four interactive race simulator pods are linked to...