Sheila is an education officer at The William Pengelly Cave Studies Centre, Buckfastleigh, Devon where she gives guided cave walks. Sheila tells the amazing story of 350 million years of development involving volcanoes, coral reefs, and a huge mountain range all in Devon. There is also a cave where you can see the remains of […]

The Devon Archive & Local Studies Service comes to Torre Abbey on this day. The sessions will run from 11.00 am until 3.30 pm, and will take place in the Learning Lab at Torre Abbey. Archivist Brian Carpenter, by prior arrangement will bring documents from the Devon Archive for people to see. For more information […]

This event is now fully booked, but you can always make your own arrangements for another day via The Italian Garden website https://www.theitaliangarden.org/ A guided tour of The Italian Garden exploring the garden, seeing the work in progress, and learning about its fascinating history, its creators and their restoration plans. The Italian Garden, which is not open to the general […]

The Paignton Heritage Society have very kindly invited us for a free guided tour of Kirkham House, a mediaeval masterpiece, and other than the Parish Church, the oldest building remaining in Paignton. We will also be taken to visit the nearby ‘clink’ and ‘Coverdale Tower’.As space and access are constricted we will be limiting our […]

Meet at 10.00am at Brixham Bus Station - participants to contact John as numbers will need to be limited to around 20.  Coffee break en-route. "Very much an enjoyable morning stroll with glimpses of Brixham's unique heritage." Picture above is of a 1540 pretty town of fishermen, a small pier by it as a succour […]

An illustrated talk by John Risdon. A journey through time. Galmpton Creek remains a unique and appealing feature of a beautiful estuarine landscape, 400 million years after its foundations were first laid down. Galmpton Creek and Shipyard in 1948 Taking its name from the village it possibly helped to spawn, it has seen vessels created […]