News – Archive

The business plan model means that we will be in a better position to support the more economically challenged groups. Money has never been, nor ever will be, a motivation for this work. In almost every group there were those who could not effectively pay their way; but the value of their coming was of more importance … Read more

It is forty years this Autumn 2015 that Elizabeth Braund and Rosemary Bird first came to Dartmoor to pilot their project, in the first instance at Bag Park Manor, with the kind assistance of Patrick Coaker. It will be forty years in autumn 2016, that they first came and settled at East Shallowford, bringing groups … Read more

Being a Working Hill Farm was integral to Elizabeth’s concept and continues to be essential to going forward. There are small animals on the ‘home’ farm for children to interact with safely, and the more challenging proper engagement with the larger animal farming process is vital to the experience. The last group enjoyed bringing in and … Read more

As the current capacity with the manager living in Shallowford is for a maximum of 16 visitors in the house, our proposals are designed so that we can house a small minibus load group, but also to have the capacity for school class size groups. Our plan is neither to appear like a hotel nor to … Read more

C/o East Shallowford Farm, Widecombe in the Moor Dear all, First of all, I want to thank all those who have looked at the proposals for new development at East Shallowford, both those who have written or encouraged us with support and those who having considered the application have either expressed their concerns or posted … Read more

East Shallowford is committed to Dartmoor and for this reason we openly engaged with our neighbours and the Dartmoor Planning Authority for many months before we submitted our application. We are continuing that dialogue and further refining our proposals to get it right, so that our development principles coalesce with principles of the area. We want … Read more