1. General Information 2. Area Accommodation 3. Arts/Crafts Websites
4. Local Businesses 5. Others
The attractive town of Bovey Tracey is ideally placed for the visitor to the South West of England, on the edge of the magnificent walking country of Dartmoor National Park and within easy reach of the many tourist attractions in the southern half of Devon.
1. General
Bovey Tracey Tourist Information Centre (Tel: 01626 832047) can provide further information.
www.boveytracey.gov.uk - our local town website listing the latest news and things to do.
http://www.theboveytraceyexperience.co.uk/
www.discoverdartmoor.com and www.dartmoor.co.uk - cover Dartmoor area attractions and accommodation.
www.visitdevon.com and www.visitsouthdevon.co.uk/ - have great visitor guides, tourist information and events throughout our region.
DartmoorAccommodation is a great local website presenting a guide to a wide range of holiday accommodation found in Devon including Dartmoor. It has information on B&B, farm holiday, camping and guesthouse facilites. It also provides a full What's On events diary for visitors to choose their days out in Devon! (Tel: 01647 432006)
These listings do not represent a personal recommendation from The Devon Guild.
2. Area Accommodation (local):
www.edgemoor.co.uk - Edgemoor Hotel, B3387 towards Haytor (c.2 miles from Bovey Tracey)
www.rock-inn.co.uk - Rock Inn, Haytor Vale, Haytor (c.2.5 miles from Bovey Tracey)
www.huntstor.com - Hunts Tor, Drewsteignton
www.wingstonefarm.co.uk - Wingstone Farm, Manaton
www.ilsington.co.uk - Ilsington Country House Hotel, Ilsington
www.gidleigh.com - Gidleigh Park, Chagford
www.boveycastle.com - Bovey Castle, North Bovey
Classic Cottages - a hand-picked selection of the finest holiday cottages near Bovey Tracey
3.Art and Crafts Websites
http://www.artdevon.com/ a local directory of Devon artists
www.artistsindevon.com shows work and details of exhibitions by artists living in the county of Devon.
www.artscouncil.org.uk regularly providing funding for The Devon Guild, The Arts Council is national development agency for the arts in England
www.axisartists.org.uk national directory of contemporary visual artists with opportunities
http://www.broomhillart.co.uk/ a creative centre in North Devon integrating gallery, sculpture garden and restaurant.
www.craftsontheweb.co.uk/ for Jill Kennedy's South West based creative textile, embroidery and mixed media workshops, usually held at Serendipity, Seale Hayne, including a new computer embroidery design and digitising course. Her website is a mine of information about textile projects, books, gallery, shop plus blog and newlsetter.
Jill's textile course guide.
http://www.creativetorbay.com (Creative Torbay) is an arts and culture creative hub for Torbay and South Devon. Includes a directory, news, events and job listings
www.cockingtoncourt.info is a studio hub for a range of craft-workers who can be seen demonstrating their skills in the open studios
www.craftsatboveytracey.co.uk The Contemporary Craft Fair is a popular 3-day craft fair during June with the opportunity to buy direct from over 160 of the UK’s finest designer makers, held in Bovey Tracey.
www.cornwallcrafts.co.uk is an association of Cornwall craft makers.
www.cowslipworkshops.co.uk/ the site for 'Cowslip' - a textile craft-based exhibition space, also providing expert tuition in embroidery, quilting and patchworking - workshops run at their beautiful working farm near Launceston - with a wide and exciting range of classes and courses.
www.craftform.com Craftform is an independent web-based organisation with a social network of makers, artists, galleries and shops.
www.craftlinks.co.uk The Craftlinks site is one of the largest UK sites for sources of information about crafts materials, suppliers and courses.
www.craftscouncil.org.uk The Crafts Council is the national development agency for contemporary crafts
http://www.dartmoorarts.com/index.htm Dartmoor Arts is an artist led organisation that combines creative and critical debate with teaching art and crafts skills and techniques. They host a busy summer school week (in Drewsteignton, Devon - July/Aug) and year round programme of events and artists' talks, bringing excellent speakers to the South West.
www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk Devon Artist Network is a resource for all visual artists and craftspeople in Devon supporting artistic development, networking and discussion.
www.daveuptonphotography.co.uk Devon photo gallery Beautiful scenes by Dave Upton of many areas of Devon and Cornwall in an on-line gallery to assist tourists with information about west Country attractions and events
www.duchysquare.org Duchy Square is a creative business centre promoting work from emerging local craft makers and artists.
www.exetercastle.co.uk Exeter Castle is home to 30 contemporary artists who form the collective known as Exeter Art Spaces www.exeterartspace.co.uk
www.GuildCrafts.org.uk The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen promotes contemporary designer crafts.
www.mythicgarden.com The Mythic Garden in Drewsteignton, presents sculpture in a five-acre woodland setting.
www.northdevonarts.co.uk/ North Devon Arts is a fantastic networking group of professional and amateur artists with events and opportunities..
The People's Republic of South Devon A regularly updated news and events site featuring arts the environment and current affairs throughout South Devon and beyond. Also incorporating Arts and Culture magazine specifically about South West creativity.
www.ragrugtextiles.com supplies kits, workshops and demos about the craft of rag-rugging (Umberleigh)
www.somersetguild.co.uk The Somerset Guild has shops In Martock and Dunster.
www.studiopottery.co.uk a contemporary ceramics website with newsletter and exhibition information.
4.Local Groups and Businesses
www.boveyclimateaction.org.uk A small yet ambitious community group concentrating on tackling climate change
www.stitchnbitch.co.uk Get creative and meet others who enjoy the fun and benefits of this great hobby. See also UK Hand Knitting www.bhkc.co.uk which lists local Devon knitting groups, including the 'Bovey Tracey Knitting Knetwork' which meets at the Devon Guild once a month
'Serendipity' is a patchwork and quilting shop recently relocated to a new site at Seale-Hayne Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 6NQ Tel. 07904 293567
serendipityquilts@hotmail.com
www.spinayarndevon.co.uk Specialist yarnshop selling supplies and holding textile events in Bovey Tracey
5.Other Useful Sites
Stairway to Devon a local directory for tourism, travel and local clubs and businesses in Devon wiith an emphasis on the arts and environment.
Where Can we Go? A national events website with a guide to what's on in our area of Devon.