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You’ll find Bovey Tracey perched on the edge of dramatic Dartmoor National Park, and an ideal base if you want to explore the outstanding natural landscape of South Devon and the moorlands. Known as the gateway to Dartmoor, Bovey Tracey is a charming and historic place to stay, with a strong rural heritage.
Bovey Tracey is a beautiful and welcoming town where the winding streets and picturesque parks provide the perfect environment to relax in. Home to many restaurants, bars, coffee shops and attractions, Bovey Tracey is the ideal place to unwind.
For retail, Bovey Tracey is typical of the strong tradition of towns in Devon offering a range of quality independent retailers, with delicatessens, high-class butchers, farm produce, and fair-trade shops.
History of Bovey Tracey
Taking its name from the river Bovey, the town is an established Saxon settlement, with its second name coming from the de Tracey family who ruled the area after the Norman Conquest. Bovey Tracey was the scene of a major battle during the English Civil War, which ended in victory for Cromwell’s troops. Their names live on today with the Cromwell Arms pub and a ruined priory arch also named after Cromwell.
Things to do in Bovey Tracey
With the wild and imposing Haytor as a backdrop, Bovey Tracey is ideal for exploring the Tors of Dartmoor. There’s a range of outdoor sports for adrenaline junkies, including climbing, canoeing and walking. Dartmoor is one of the UK’s National Parks and covers 358 square miles. A place of myth, history and natural beauty, with many antiquities and natural wonders, you can easily access everything that Dartmoor has to offer from Bovey Tracey.
Something a little different
MAKE Southwest is an acclaimed exhibition space for contemporary craft and design as well as a leading charity for craft education. In the historic Riverside Mill in the heart of the town, MAKE Southwest is home to 3 exhibition galleries, a large retail gallery and an event space which hosts a range of workshops and courses. You can even bring your pooch to enjoy the art as MAKE Southwest galleries are dog friendly! The House of Marbles in Bovey Tracey is a great family attraction where you can visit the glass, games, marble and pottery museums.
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Bovey Tracey
Get a taste of the 'good life' this September at The Nourish Festival! Now in its 5th year, The Nourish Festival set in the heart of Bovey Tracey, is an event designed to feed the body, the mind and the senses, filling the town with some of the best…
Bovey Tracey
We are running a workshop on Saturday 27th October at Ullacombe Farm, Bovey Tracey for children to create their own Day of the Dead Halloween Costume. The workshop involves them creating a day of the dead mask and matching tutu, all sticking and…
Bovey Tracey
Craft Festival Bovey Tracey celebrates its 21st Anniversary this June 6 to 8 at Mill Marsh Park. This multi award-winning event will welcome over 200 professional maker businesses from across the UK to exhibit, each chosen for the quality and…
Bovey Tracey
Craft Your Own Vibrant Glass Bird
Create a Treasured Keepsake
Step into the captivating world of glassmaking with our Glass Bird Workshop. In just 30 minutes, you'll transform molten glass into a beautiful, hand-sculpted bird. Choose from…
Newton Abbot
Easter Sunday is the perfect opportunity to catch up with family and friends whilst enjoying Bovey Castle's impressive traditional Sunday Lunch in Smith's Brasserie, with a live pianist, & an Easter trail. (With a prize waiting at reception!)
Lustleigh
Dartmoor is one of the most beautiful places in the UK with not many roads but plenty of wild food and clean growing environments for the freshest tasting plants we find anywhere.
We will meet at The Cleave Inn in Lustleigh at 12pm. The course…
83 Fore Street, Bovey Tracey
The Gallery at Paradiso is excited to announce our next exhibition; SATURATION POINT.
Opening times: 10.30 to 4pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Highlighting the way artists use colour in their work, from subtle pastel shades to full saturation,…
Pottery Road, Bovey Tracey
Create Three Stunning Glass Pieces
Exceptional Value, Unforgettable Creations
Join our Glass Trio Workshop and create three unique glass pieces: a Glass Bird, Vessel and Bauble. In this session, you'll have the opportunity to customise each item…
Bovey Tracey
A 'maximalist' exhibition of mixed media craftwork by Devon Guild Members' showing a riotous mixture of patterns - the more the better! Found everywhere we look, at its simplest a pattern in art may be a geometric or other repeating shape, as in…
Manaton, Newton Abbot
The Manaton Art Group hold monthly classes in the Hall and this is their annual exhibition. The artists are an established and well respected group with a wide range of painted art that would be an interest to everyone. We take a great pride in the…
Bovey Tracey
Join Pom Stitch Tassel this February half term for children's craft & sewing workshops.
Workshop schedule includes:
- Create a Pom Pom Heart Wreath age 5+ - Tuesday 14th February 10am-12pm
- Cross Stitching with Simply Wishes age 7+ - Wednesday…
Bovey Tracey
Here at House of Marbles we have been planning some FREE events over the summer to amaze and amuse your children!
And we are so excited to be able to reveal our summer event schedule!
Every Monday from the 29 July to the 19 August we will be holding…
83 Fore Street, Bovey Tracey
The next Paradiso Gallery show will be "A Sense of Place" and will feature the amazing "imagined" urban spaces created by Sue Williamson along with ten other talented artists who's work will explore this theme. This will be a powerful show, so…
Bovey Tracey
Curated by Nick Hand and The Letterpress Collective, this exhibition brings together photography, film, letterpress prints, and the words of makers who dedicate their life to an unusual or rare craft or passion.
Nick gathered these stories on epic…
Bovey Tracey
Christmas in Devon!
Join us for the return of our fabulous one day event in the lovely town of Bovey Tracey on the edge of Dartmoor national Park, Devon. The Christmas Street Fayre is held along the entire length of Fore Street with approximately 40…
Bovey Tracey
Join Pom Stitch Tassel for a Summer holidays full of craft workshops, perfect for keeping little hands busy!
Whether you are local to the area or visiting on holiday, all creatives are welcome at PST.
We welcome children age 4+, adults and…
Bovey Tracey
Create Three Stunning Glass Pieces
Exceptional Value, Unforgettable Creations
Join our Glass Trio Workshop and create three unique glass pieces: a Glass Bird, Vessel and Bauble. In this session, you'll have the opportunity to customise each item…
Bovey Tracey
A Memorable Valentine's Evening
Celebrate Love at The Pottery By Night
Celebrate Valentine's Day with an evening crafted for relaxation, love, delicious food and cherished moments together. Whether it's your first Valentine's together or part of…
(at the Bovey Paradiso), Bovey Tracey
Join us over the summer holidays for 5 varying craft workshops for children.
Held across a variety of days, dates and times to suit all we will be running pom pom making, hand stitching and crochet workshops for children age 5+ (8+ for crochet). …
North Bovey
Impress your loved one this Valentine's. Arrive for a Champagne cocktail before enjoying a romantic four course candle-lit dinner.
Pottery Road, Bovey Tracey
Create Your Own Scratch Art Designs!
A Fun-Filled Workshop
This Scratch Art Workshop is perfect for all young artists who love to create dazzling designs! This session will teach children how to transform simple black surfaces into vivid, colourful…
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