Toddler stroll at Hembury Hillfort

Stroll around Hembury hillfort on a guided heritage walk for families and carers with young children. Babies in slings and walking toddlers welcome (the walk is not suitable for pushchairs).

Hemyock Castle Heritage Open Day

Pre-booked self-guided tours to see the rare surviving ruins of Hemyock's moated medieval castle.

Dunkeswell Abbey guided tours

Join us for a one hour guided tour of Dunkeswell Abbey, a monastic site, nestled in a beautiful rural location. Tours will be at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.

Whetstone mining walking tour

Whetstones, used for sharpening tools, were mined in the Blackdown Hills from the 17th to the 19th century. Join Bill Horner, Devon County Archaeologist, on a walking tour of Witness Moor to find [...]

RAF Culmhead

Witness Moor

My week of work experience

This week, we welcomed Lily, a sixth form student from Chard, for a week of work experience with Blackdown Hills and Quantock Hills Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). Lily shares the [...]

Annual Review 2021-22

A View from the Hills art exhibition

An exhibition by artists from the Blackdown Hills Artists and Makers group to complement the Paradise Found exhibition of the Camden Town Artists work in the Blackdown Hills.  

Otterhead practical volunteering day

Join the Friends of Otterhead Lakes for a practical morning of volunteering clearing invasive rhododendron from the woodland.