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The Meldon Wildlife Festival is back this year at Meldon Old Quarry, offering an exciting, family-friendly day out on Tuesday 19 August 2025. Organized by Dartmoor National Park Authority in partnership with various wildlife and conservation groups, the event celebrates the beauty of Dartmoor’s nature while raising awareness about peatland conservation.

This year’s theme, ‘Bogtastic...

Top attractions across Devon are offering easy car-free days out this summer, with many providing rewards and discounts for visitors who arrive by train, bus, bike or foot.

The attractions are all members of Good Journey, the champions of car-free leisure travel. Their website, goodjourney.org.uk , features over 500 attractions that welcome car-free visitors.

During the summer...

Dartmoor guide Emma Cunis has produced a new book retelling some of the moor’s most famous folk tales, and interpreting what they mean today.

Emma is the granddaughter of Eric Hemery, author of High Dartmoor – Land and People (1982) – one of the most celebrated books on Dartmoor, which is often referred to as ‘Dartmoor’s bible’.

Now Emma has followed in her grandfather’s...

A group of people who are neurodivergent, autistic or have learning disabilities has recorded its debut no-holds-barred podcast, asking the questions that matter to others like them.

The gang all attend the Pluss training units at Scott Business Park in Plymouth, where they welcomed Luke Pollard as their first guest for the recording. The idea for the podcast is loosely based on the TV...