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• Green light for car park improvements on East Devon Pebblebed Heaths

  Thursday 28
  October

  East Devon District Council’s Planning Committee today approved plans for the first phase of improvements to car parks on the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths; at Joney’s Cross Car Park (Hawkerland); Four…

• Week-long celebration of East Devon’s new National Nature Reserve as Heath Week returns

  Monday 19
  July

  A hugely popular activities week celebrating the wildlife, history and landscape of East Devon’s new National Nature Reserve, is to go ahead this month. The annual East Devon Heath Week had to be…

• Pebblebed Heaths becomes a National Nature Reserve, joining the UK’s ‘crown jewels of nature conservation’

  Friday 21
  May

  The East Devon Pebblebed Heaths has received international acclaim after being presented with the much coveted declaration of National Nature Reserve. The 1,160 hectare site makes up the largest…

• Lower Otter Restoration Project approved by councillors

  Wednesday 06
  January

  A landscape-scale project to address the impact of climate change by returning a Devon estuary and flood plain to a more natural condition has been supported by councillors. Embankments built…

• Final call for entries for unique heathland photography project

  Friday 11
  September

  Visitors to Woodbury Common near Exeter, and the wider East Devon Pebblebed Heaths (EDPH), have until the end of September to submit favourite photographs to ‘The Heaths and Me’ project, to…

• Unique photography project reflects on importance of open spaces

  Friday 17
  July

  As lockdown restrictions are eased, the importance of having access to open spaces has never been more apparent, and now a unique photography project is aiming to tap into people’s new or long-held…

• Pebblebed Heaths, providing space for exercise when people need it most.

  Wednesday 01
  July

  For many local people, the commons are the go-to place for regular “air and exercise”. The value of this space – to escape from a troubled world, clear the head and experience nature – has become…

• Have your say on proposals to improve visitor access and protect wildlife on East Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths

  Monday 30
  September

  Residents and visitors are asked to share their views on proposals to enhance their experience and protect the wildlife at the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths, locally known as Woodbury Common. The…