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The only membership organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting Exmoor National Park. Love Exmoor? Join us as a member today!

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21/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our AGM last weekend.

It was a wonderful celebration of all that The Exmoor Society has achieved over the past year, as well as the remarkable winners of our annual awards and competitions. 🎉

Congratulations to...

Peter Hoyland
Winner of the Mary & Brian Chugg Conservation Award 🌿

Christina Williams
Winner of the Founders' Award 🌟

Jennifer Langdon & William Land
Joint winners of the Pinnacle Youth Award ✨

Grace Westwood
Winner of the Coleridge Poetry Prize ✒

Birdie Johnson & David Ballance
Joint winners of the Archive Award 📜

We are also hugely grateful to Nigel Hester for wrapping up the celebrations with a fascinating talk exploring the dynamic evolution of the Porlock coastline 🌊

19/10/2026

Happy Exmoor Day! 🌿

We're delighted to celebrate by announcing that 'A Life Outside: Hope Bourne on Exmoor' is now available to purchase from our website.

Beautifully written by Sara Hudston with a foreword by Charles Foster, the book includes some of Bourne’s original pencil drawings and a selection of extracts from her local newspaper column, never before republished.

Sympathetic, critical and honest, it draws on extensive original research from our archive, as well as interviews with people who knew Hope well.

📖 Order your copy today via our website below:
https://www.exmoorsociety.com/publications/a-life-outside-hope-bourne-on-exmoor

14/10/2026

Ready for an adventure? 🍂

Join us on Sunday 25th October for a guided walk to witness one of Exmoor's most spectacular wildlife events: the red deer rut. 🦌

Set off at dawn in search of red deer, following a picturesque root to observe these magnificent animals during their annual breeding season.

This walk will be led by Charles Harding, someone with more knowledge than anyone of Exmoor’s wildlife from his 25 years as deer manager at the Holnicote estate. An early start but this is an opportunity not to be missed!

Please note: the walk may involve some scrambling and covers rough, uneven terrain as we follow the red deer. While the timings are fixed, the exact location will be confirmed closer to the date to reflect the animals' movements and ensure the best possible viewing opportunities. 🦌

Book your place via the link below:
https://www.exmoorsociety.com/walks/exmoor-red-deer-rut-guided-walk-2

📸 Images
The Rut by Dave Rose
Among the Trees by Maisie Row
Say Cheese by Stephen Creech
Guess Who by Ian Moncrieff

13/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a fascinating afternoon exploring the Heddon Valley with Jimmer Thomas, Riverlands Ranger for the National Trust.

The weather was splendid, and Jimmer was a fantastic host, sharing the vision for the proposed wetland work in the valley. He explained how nature based solutions can help restore rivers, bringing benefits for wildlife, improving water quality, increasing resilience to drought, and reducing the risk of flooding.

We have a couple of extra guided walks planned before the end of the year, so keep an eye on our page for more details coming soon!🌿

09/10/2026

NEW EXHIBITION 🌟

This November, we're delighted to bring a new exhibition to Dulverton celebrating the life and work of artist and nature writer Hope Bourne.

Hope Bourne was one of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary nature writers. Forgotten for many years, Bourne’s life and work is now being rediscovered by a new generation of readers, who are increasingly enthralled by her writing and ideas.

📍 Parish Rooms, Rosemary Lane, Dulverton
📅 2nd - 15th November 2026
⏰ 10am-3pm daily
🎟️ Free entry

The exhibition marks the publication of a new biography, 'A Life Outside: Hope Bourne on Exmoor', soon to be available from The Exmoor Society.

Beautifully written by Sara Hudston, with a foreword by Charles Foster, the book draws on extensive original research from The Exmoor Society's archive, as well as interviews with people who knew Hope well.

This exhibition is supported by the South West Heritage Trust through the Arts Council England funded programme ‘Cultural Communities: The Stories That Make Us.

08/10/2026

Congratulations to Jennifer Langdon and William Land, this year's joint winners of our Pinnacle Youth Award! 🎉🌟

Our judging panel were really impressed by the number and calibre of entries this year, and in the end decided to split the award between Jennifer's HR consultancy and William's sheep shearing business. Quite a contrast - and one that reveals the versatility, ambition, and commitment from young people who are building their future here on Exmoor.

Read more about Jennifer and William via our website below:
https://www.exmoorsociety.com/news/pinnacle-award-winners-2026

24/09/2026

Exploring the wetlands of Heddon Valley 🌿

Join us on Thursday 8th October at 12.30 pm for a fascinating guided walk and talk exploring the proposed Heddon Valley wetlands work.

Enjoy a short presentation at the Heddon Valley welcome hub, before embarking on a guided walk to further explore the site. Learn about other modifications to watercourses in North Devon, and how nature-based solutions are restoring them, bringing benefits to nature, water quality, drought resilience and reducing the risk of flooding.

Your guide for the day will be James Thomas, North Devon Riverlands Area Ranger for the National Trust.

There are only 6 spaces left for this special one-off event, so be sure to book soon using the link below!

https://www.exmoorsociety.com/individual-event/heddon-valley-wetlands-guided-walk-and-talk

📸 Neville Stanikk via Exmoor Commons (Flickr)

22/09/2026

Salmon Run 2026 🐟🏃

Huge congratulations to runner Alfie McIntosh, who represented The Exmoor Society and completed the 50-mile ultra route from Exmouth to Dulverton, finishing an impressive 4th overall!

This annual community event follows the same route taken by migrating salmon as they journey upstream from the sea to their spawning grounds. More than just a race, the Salmon Run is a celebration of this remarkable and endangered species, highlighting its vital ecological role and deep cultural connection to our rivers.
Well done, Alfie, on an incredible achievement, and thank you to Tidelines for organising this fantastic event. 🌟

18/09/2026

We are delighted to be partnering with Community Supporter, Seven Fables, to present an evening with historical archaeologist Eloise Kane, author of ‘Wilderlands – The Human History of Wild Britain’.

When was Britain last truly wild? And what, if anything, remains? This is the unexpectedly human history of wild Britain.

In 'Wilderlands', Eloise Kane unearths 12,000 years of our changing relationship with and influence on the landscape. Through prehistory, Roman occupation, the Middle Ages and beyond, we see the unfamiliar beasts of our old wild make way for species such as brown hare and fallow deer, now romanticised as eternal symbols of the British countryside, but introduced much later than we might think.

Places free from our influence haven’t existed for a very long time. But Eloise invites us to rethink our definition of the wild – not as separate from us. Seen anew as the result of millions of human lives lived…

Doors for this exciting event open at 6 pm, ready for the talk to begin at 6.30 pm.

Refreshments will be available on arrival, and a bookstall will offer copies of Wilderlands, alongside a selection of other titles available for purchase.

Book your space via the Seven Fables website below:
https://www.sevenfables.co.uk/event-details/when-was-britain-last-truly-wild

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