23 Farms Sign up to new Landscape Conservation Cluster
23 farms in and around the Tamar Valley, covering approx. 2900ha have been approved for funding from DEFRA through the Farm Facilitation Fund as a farm cluster. The farms form a significant part of the Stoke Climsland parish and the Luckett Stream catchment area and they will focus on biodiversity and water quality for the […]
Second Apprentice Starts in Tamara Trainees Project
The second apprentice in a £209k training project for the Tamar Valley, has started as a Business Administration Apprentice, thanks to the Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. 26 years old Holly Roberts is the second of 20 apprentice, foundation and internship trainees who will work in the Tamar Valley […]
Celebrating the Autumn with Gusto – Events and Activities Galore
Bryony James is our Community and Volunteering Officer. Here she tells us what she’s been up to over the past couple of months and about key events coming up. I’ve been getting into the swing of things as the newly appointed Community & Volunteer Officer and hosting an array of activities and events bringing communities […]
Calstock Ferry on Course for Trial in Spring 2024
Plans to reinstate the Calstock Passenger Ferry on a trial basis are well under way for launching (pun intended) next Spring! Scheme Manager Will Darwall collected the new electric ferry from Yacht Haven Quay in Plymouth and sailed it down the Tamar to Calstock, to much excitement. It will now be stored in Calstock Boatyard whilst being […]
First Walkers Complete 87-mile Tamara Coast to Coast Way
It’s been an exciting summer here in the Tamar Valley, with the launch of the Tamara Coast to Coast Way walking route. The Tamara Team were busy getting the finishing touches ready in the lead up to the official opening in July and since then the first walkers have completed the route and others are […]
New Research into Mineworker’s Smallholdings
The Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund, and the Cornwall and West Devon Mining World Heritage Site have undertaken some new research into Mineworkers’ Smallholdings in Area 10 of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining World Heritage Site – the Tamar Valley Mining District with Tavistock. In total 77 smallholdings were […]
New 87-Mile South-West Coast to Coast Walking Route Opens
The Tamara Coast to Coast Way, a new 87-mile walking route that stretches between the South and North coast in the South-West is now open, thanks to the Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The 7-day walking route broadly follows the River Tamar, the historic boundary between Devon and […]
River Festival Plans and Discovering Dormice on the Bere Peninsula
Bryony James, our new Community and Volunteering Officer has been busy getting out and about in the last few months! Here she tells us what she’s been working on since she started in the Spring including discovering Dormice on the Bere Peninsula and plans for a Tamar Valley River Festival. Dormouse project I have been […]
Historic England and Tamara Scheme take first steps to safeguard heritage at risk in Tamar Valley
A number of important heritage sites in and around the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are one step closer to being conserved, thanks to a partnership project by the Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England. Conservation Management Plans have been completed for seven historic […]
First Apprentice Kick-Starts Career in Quarter of a Million Pounds Training Project
The first trainee of the Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme’s quarter of a million pounds training project has started as an Assistant Ranger Apprentice. 23-year-old Myles Pinkney is the first of 20 apprentice, foundation and internship trainees who will work in the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which is an historically important and protected […]