In light of the government recommendations to stay at home we have, with sadness, decided to cancel all scheduled volunteering days for the forseeable future. We will review this at the beginning of June. In the meantime we wish all our members, volunteers and those who love Dartmoor as we do all the best in…

Following the announcement by the Prime Minister and his medical team regarding the avoidance of non-essential contact and travel, we have taken the decision to reduce DPA office staffing levels. Until further notice, therefore, we will only be working at Princetown on Mondays, to perform the essential activities which cannot be carried out by working…

In the light of current government advice we are reviewing our current walks programme and will announce our decision soon. In the meantime the walks due to take place on 29th March and 18th April have been postponed, probably until the autumn. We will let you know the new dates in due course.  

We are delighted to announce that Farming Dartmoor, a photographic record of a year spent with six family-run Dartmoor farms, by documentary stills photographer Damian Bird, is being launched on Saturday 7th March, 6pm at the Forest Inn, Hexworthy. The DPA is pleased to be one of the sponsors of the book and we are…

Dartmoor National Park Authority have been developing a new Management Plan for Dartmoor to replace the 5-year Plan that is coming to an end. The Plan determines how Dartmoor will be managed over the coming years.

We have cancelled the walk on Sunday 10th February as very severe weather is forecast.

January sees many of us making resolutions to get fitter, lose weight, do our bit for the environment and so on. Sadly many of these good intentions will fall by the wayside as we find them hard work and not much fun. What if there was a way to help keep yourself active, enjoy the…

Wishing all our members and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The DPA office will only be staffed on a few occasions from close of play on Wednesday 18th December until Monday 6th January 2020. We will be checking email regularly and can deal with anything urgent if possible. To get us…

Our Winter 2019/2020 issue of Dartmoor Matters has now been published. In it we celebrate 70 years since the Parliament passed the Act setting up National Parks. We have asked a range of voices from Dartmoor and further afield “What do you think of our National Parks?” For their answers please click here.

In 2018 DEFRA change the legislation outlining the passporting of equines. For the first time it was required that a semi-wild pony auctioned at the traditional Drift Sale and leaving Dartmoor must be given a full paper passport before it can leave the Sale field. It also demanded that the paper passport included a silhouette…