Tag: Dartmoor

The people’s perambulation on Dartmoor

By Elena Grice, Wild Card Communities and Campaigns Lead

15 July 2024

At the end of April, we embarked on the People’s Perambulation, following in the footsteps of twelve mediaeval knights, centuries before us. In 1240, King Henry III ordered the knights to walk the border of the Royal Forest of Dartmoor, marking its boundary to exclude and dominate the peasants of the area.
Restoring nature on Dartmoor: The way forward

14 March 2024

On a rainy Sunday afternoon at the end of February, 200 people packed into Ashburton Arts Centre to come together and discuss what they could do for nature on Dartmoor.
March for a wild Dartmoor

8 August 2023

Dartmoor is dying, its wildlife is declining and disappearing, and the time to do something is now. Will you be a voice for nature?
Petition launch

16 February 2023

Our petition to William, Prince of Wales, asking to “Bring back Britain’s rainforest” has nearly reached 30,000 signatures, which is a great start. Here’s a selection of the comments… “I know Dartmoor well, having been brought up on its edge. Don’t fall for the hill farmers’ patter! Dartmoor farms produce negligible quantities of food and its farmers’…