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National Park Purposes

The statutory purposes of National Parks which the Dartmoor National Park Authority has the duty to pursue are: to conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the area; and to promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the area’s special qualities by the public. In pursuing these purposes the National Park Authority also has the duty to seek to foster the economic and social well being of the local community.

50th Anniversary

2001 is the 50th anniversary of the designation of Dartmoor as a National Park. The English and Welsh National Parks, which cover 10% of the land area, are national inthe sense that they are of special value to the whole nation. This is because of their great beauty, their wildlife and cultural interests and the opportunities they offer for quiet enjoyment. However, they are not nationally owned - the land is in the hands of many landowners or occupiers including farmers. About 33,000 people live inside the Dartmoor National Park and many millions of visits are made to it each year.

Kents Cavern

One of Britains most important important Palaeolithic caves. First inhabited by humans 450,000 years ago if dating of flint hand axes is anything to go by.. The Prehistoric remains of animals up to 500,000 years ago have so far been unearthed-cave bears, to sabre toothed tigers to woolly mammoths. Stalagmites and stalactites the delight of every school boy geologist.

Cockington Village

only a short walk from the hustle and bustles of Torquay Seafront. Thatched cottages dating back to medieval times a delight to the eye. Explore the Forge, have a cream tea in the Weavers Cottage Tea Shoppe. Admission fee payable to village. Oldway Mansion built in 1873 by Isaac Merit Singer, of the Sewing machine Empire. No expense was spared in its construction- many of the rooms modelled on the Palace of Versailles. The marble staircase is particularly imposing. Now used as Offices by the District Council. Popular with couples as a wedding venue. With beautiful gardens. Tennis courts, putting and bowl greens for those of you keen for some light exercise.

The Beaches

Torre Abbey Sands Babbacombe Meadfoot Ansteys Cove Babbacombe Model Village working watermills, Georgian towns, Tudor houses & classic Devon thatched villages and farms along with working railways, streams, waterfalls and an ornamental Lake. The River Tamar forming the boundary between Cornwall and Devon in the far South West of England. Rising only 4 miles from Bude and the Atlantic Ocean, the River Tamar flows south, slowly at first, for nearly 50 miles to the English Channel. In its middle reaches the River Tamar winds its way through steep wooded country, ancient oak woodland, the haunt of raven and peregrine falcon. This is an area strewn with the relicts of two centuries of mining. A few men became very rich, whilst thousands of miners toiled in often appalling conditions for a pittance, working themselves to an early grave.