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Visit to Bampton & the Heritage Centre (History Section)
Presentations, talks and video relating to the history of Bampton. For full details and a booking form see the two-page flyer below.
Find out more »Visit to Kelly Micaceous Haematite Mine (IA Section)
To be led by Mick Atkinson. As parking is limited at the mine, we will share cars to Kelly, which is near Lustleigh. Meet at 10am at Bovey Tracey car park (the one at…
Find out more »Whiddon Deer Park (Entomology Section)
Whiddon Deer Park is one of the Devon’s best parkland sites for veteran trees and we expect to see some interesting saproxylic (wood-eating) species. Meet and leave vehicles at Whiddon Farm NT Ranger Base…
Find out more »Modern sculpture on Exeter University campus (Lit & Art Section)
Naome Glanville, Exeter University’s Arts and Culture Coordinator, will lead a tour of the fine collection of modern sculpture on the University campus. Numbers will be limited to 25, so advance booking is essential:…
Find out more »Visit to Fremington Quay and Torridge Estuary (IA Section)
The visit consists of three related activities: 2.00 pm: Guided walk around Fremington Quay, looking at lime kilns, old railway sidings, Fremington dock, a visit to the interpretative centre (old signal box). The leader…
Find out more »Teigngrace DWT Reserve (Entomology Section)
A visit to the new Teigngrace DWT Reserve in the Bovey Basin. Situated on the Wray Valley trail and adjacent to the A38. Access is on foot over the footbridge. John Walters will lead…
Find out more »Wild Flower Society AGM (Botany Section)
Section members are invited to join the Wild Flower Society AGM Weekend walks on Sunday and Monday and help show our local flora to the visiting botanists.
Find out more »East Dartmoor ferns (Botany Section)
NOTE EARLIER START TIME: 9.30 for 10am start. A whistle-stop tour of east Dartmoor looking for Lanceolate Spleenwort (Asplenium obovatum), Narrow Buckler Fern (Dryopteris carthusiana) and its hybrid D. x deweveri, Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia…
Find out more »Devon Rural Archive Study Day (History Section)
A visit to the Devon Rural Archive, Shilstone, Modbury. 11:00 Members begin to arrive and enjoy morning coffee in the exhibition gallery 11:30 Introduction to the DRA 12:30 Sandwich Lunch with tea and coffee…
Find out more »Visit to the Hayle area (IA Section)
Hayle Photo: Pat Milton Three days of field trips organised in conjunction with the Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society (SIAS) to some of the World Heritage industrial sites in the Hayle area of West Cornwall.…
Find out more »Lewtrenchard Manor (Buildings Section)
A visit to Lewtrenchard Manor, the Forgotten Garden, the Holy Well and St Peter’s Church Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), President of the Devonshire Association in 1896, is well known as a prolific author, a…
Find out more »Field Trip Forest of Dean (Geology Section)
Weekend Field trip with Dave Green. More geology of the Forest of Dean. Please book by 17th February.
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