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Easter recycling and waste collection dates.
With the Easter bank holiday fast approaching, Torridge District Council is reminding residents that there will be some changes to their usual waste and recycling collection days. All refuse and recycling collections normally due on Friday 18th April (Black Bag, … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter, recycling collection, TDC, waste collections
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Easter fun on Northam Burrows.
Get outdoors this Easter and join in some of the fun being organised on Northam Burrows by our enthusiastic team of Rangers! With a wide range of activities, there is something for all the family to enjoy! Tuesday 15th April … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Young People
Tagged Easter, Northam burrows, Northam Burrows rangers
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‘Coastwise’ programme – April to June.
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‘Bideford Legends’ – 5.
Providence House and Pimlico Place, Bideford. Providence House. Peter Christie, then Mayor of Bideford, unveils the commemorative plaque. __________________________________________________
RHS Rosemoor – 2025 programme.
A packed events programme planned for the whole year at the gorgeous gardens just outside Great Torrington. A highlight is the arrival of the much-loved characters from the children’s classic Guess How Much I Love You, by Sam McBratney and … Continue reading
‘Bideford Legends’ – 4.
Marsh Farm was built on a low-lying site in Northam Road, prone to flooding, and became derelict and abandoned some time ago. The site has now been redeveloped, with levels raised overall, the stream culverted, and the farmhouse restored to … Continue reading
British Naturalists’ Association – local events, 2025.
Celebrating Nature and the countryside. The British Naturalists’ Association is a Registered Charity 296551 Please see below our events for 2025. Sunday, April 13th. By popular request a visit to Dunsford Nature Reserve for a level walk beside the River … Continue reading
“Bideford Legends” – 3.
The Hamlyn property. A fine listed building once the property of the Hamlyn family, who were noted decorators of the time. (Interior photos courtesy of Rightmove). * * * * * * The railway shed in Kingsley Road. Another … Continue reading
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Tagged Bideford, Bideford and Westward Ho! railway, Bideford Legends
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“Bideford Legends” – 2.
The Strand Cinema. The Strand Cinema was opened by Maurice Prince, Jewish entrepreneur, in 1938. During the war Maurice was a civil defence warden and he also helped Jewish refugees who were escaping from Nazi persecution by sheltering them in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bideford Legends, Grenville Nursing Home, Strand Cinema Bideford
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“Bideford Legends” – 1.
Introducing “Bideford Legends”. My name is Tanya Harrison, I was born abroad and came to live in Bideford in 2017. By profession I am a Teacher of English to foreign students, not a photographer, not a writer, not an expert … Continue reading
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Tagged Bideford Hospital, Bideford Legends, Bideford Library, Torridge Hospital
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‘Upstream Thinking’ project has many benefits.
More than 40,000 native trees are being planted for farms and landowners to help reduce land run-off and improve natural water quality as part of South West Water’s catchment management programme, Upstream Thinking. The trees, which were provided by the … Continue reading
North Devon coast monographs.
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged geology, geomorphology, North Devon coast, thematic trails
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Recently seen at Westward Ho!
Ctenophores, known commonly as sea gooseberries or comb jellies. They are carnivorous predators in the Plankton. They eat zooplankton, fish eggs and fish larvae. They catch their prey with their sticky tentacles which they can retract when not feeding. Their … Continue reading
Walking the Coast Path; Mouthmill.
This is a beach of contrasts. A stream idly trickles through football-sized boulders down to the sea, while soothing sweeps of light-brown sand provide a backdrop to jutting rock formations that point arrow-like towards the Atlantic. It’s a place for … Continue reading
Beavering away for Bideford flood protection.
There are proposals under consideration for raising the level of the Kenwith Reservoir dam to give the necessary added protection from fluvial flooding resulting from anticipated climate change and the amount of new housing development in the catchment area. In … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Environment
Tagged beavers, Devon Wildlife Trust, flood protection, Kenwith valley
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