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Dunkeswell Abbey ruins

Discovering Dunkeswell Abbey

We are delighted to announce that an exciting new project, Discovering Dunkeswell Abbey, is to get underway thanks to National...
Sunlight peeping through trees in Castle Neroche woodland

Spring awakening – what’s happening in the woods?

The Forestry England looks after several sites around the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including Castle Neroche and Staple Hill....
Blackdown Hills Repair Cafe, people gathered in village hall repairing items

Blackdown Hills Repair Café nominated for Recycle Devon award

The Blackdown Hills Repair Café has been nominated for the People's Choice Award at the Recycle Devon Thank You Awards...
A group of volunteers posing with completed willow structure to repair river bank erosion

The future for the River Culm’s white-clawed crayfish

Earlier this month we held an event ‘All About Crayfish’ to share what we have achieved and some of the...
Fungi laid on a table with fungi books

Apple days, repair cafe and fungi forays!

Autumnal events around the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Blackdown Hills AONB team

Wellies for the Welly!

As part of a fundraising campaign to help restore the Wellington Monument, we at Blackdown Hills AONB, been wearing our...
Cut out crayfish drawing placed on a 'green screen' to make stop-frame animation

Blackdown Hills AONB presents… Crayfish!

With the help of some very creative young visitors to the River Culm Fair, we have put together this charming...
View of fields, hedgerows and buildings with the sun low in the sky

Steering the future of the Blackdown Hills AONB

Two important reviews are underway which will impact on how the Area of Outstanding Beauty (AONB) is run and the...
White clawed crayfish close-up held between two fingers

White-clawed crayfish found at last!

As part of Blackdown Hills AONB’s Culm Community Crayfish project, volunteers have been helping us to survey the River Culm...
Cycling Tour of Britain 2017. Photo: SweetSpot

Cycling Tour of Britain to visit the Blackdown Hills AONB

OVO Energy Tour of Britain, the UK’s biggest and most prestigious bike race, will be travelling through the Blackdown Hills...