Friends of Stover Country Park

03/02/2026

Great free event taking place The Courtenay Centre in Newton Abbot this Saturday the 7th Feb. Stover Country Park will be represented at the event, so why not pop along if you have any questions for the team.

Don't forget, the tree and seed giveaway taking place on Saturday 7th February at The Courtenay Centre from 10.00am - 1.00pm.
Featuring plenty of free fun including:
🌳 Free Trees and Seeds from Newton Abbot Seed Library
🌳 Stalls from organisations including The Woodland Trust and Devon Wildlife Trust .
🌳 Representatives from local groups including Newton Abbot And District Co-operative Allotment Association, Action on Climate in Teignbridge and Teignbridge Wildlife Wardens.
🌳 Free arts and craft activities provided by The Base Youth Club
🌳 Meet the team from Stover Country Park and The Restoring Park Project.
🌳 The The Courtenay Centre Cafe will be open for the purchase of refreshments.
🌳 Weather permitting, you can explore the Courtenay Centre Community Garden.

28/11/2025

It was great to be part of the official opening of these new paths at Stover Country Park today. The new trails are amazing and are well worth a visit. Don't forget your wellies!!

Two new footpaths opened today at Stover.

Today we officially opened our two new footpaths, The Serpentine Lake Trail and The Canadian War Memorial Trail. We also unveiled two of the new interpretation boards. 100 people attended the launch including, funders, contractors, community partners and volunteers. In addition, the new site leaflets are now available at the Visitor Hub or take a photo of the map on the new welcome boards. We hope you enjoy exploring the new routes.

The project has been made possible with funding from with thanks to the . and many other funders.

19/06/2025

📢Important Information📢

As part of our project, our long awaited carpark improvements are due to start this month. This will include creating additional parking spaces, enhancing the accessible parking offer and re-locating the 2 ticket machines.

In order for these works to take place we will need to partially close parts of the carpark, there will still be parking available throughout the works, but it may be limited at busy times of the day. We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused.

The project has been made possible with funding from and many other funders.

12/04/2025

11/04/2025

Kenniford Farm will be operating on Monday the 14th April to 21st of April between 10am-4pm for the week. They will be selling local farm produce consisting of Paninis, Pasties, Sausage rolls, baps and light bites. Please come along have a pleasant walk, grab some food or a cake and a coffee by Fuelled by Caffeine.

06/04/2025

Exciting news.....the Easter Trail is back at Stover Country Park.....🐣🐰🦆🌳

We are excited to announce that our Easter Trail will be going ahead on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th April.

Booking is essential via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stover-country-park-easter-trail-tickets-1309551607109

You only need to buy a ticket for the members of your party that want to receive a prize. Please be aware that part of the carpark will be reserved for this event.

This event is part of the Restoring Stover Project and made possible with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks from the

30/01/2025

Join us on Saturday 1st February for the tree and Seed giveaway. As well as free trees*, Newton Abbot Seed Library will be offering free seeds and a number of local organisations will be running information stalls. Stallholders include Devon Wildlife Trust, Newton Abbot And District Co-operative Allotment Association, Stover Country Park, The Woodland Trust, Green Futures and others.
The Courtenay Centre Cafe will be open and there will be free craft activities.
FREE ENTRY!
*Trees subject to availability.

04/01/2025

STOVER CANAL - UPDATE

It's been six weeks since the destruction brought by Storm Bert, in that time, the water level has dropped but not by as much as we would have liked. As you can see from the photos of the cycle path, the one on the left was taken a couple of days ago, the one on the right the Monday after the storm.

A multi-agency meeting organised by Silbelco was held last month to discuss possible ways forward. Unfortunately Network Rail did not attend but apparently have been seen in the area surveying the site. Silbelco are working with the Environment Agency on a plan to pump the water from the quarry. It is estimated it will take 3-6 months (further storms permitting) as a minimum to reduce the level of the water far enough so the breech to the quarry wall can be revealed, allowing work to start with the rebuilding of the quarry wall.

Devon County Council's Public Rights of Way team are trying to find a temporary bridge to reconnect the shared cycle path. They have contacted the local military to see if they can help, with no luck at this time. If anyone has contacts within any branch of the services that might be able to help, please let us know and we will pass on any details.

As for the canal, we will have to wait for the water level to recede low enough before we can start planning any works. We will continue to maintain the canal and it's paths to the north of Exeter road, but for the foreseeable future the canal towpath and DCC’s shared path between Newton Abbot and Exeter road will remain closed.

Finally, please support Dan at MT Tums on Exeter road at this difficult time, with the two mains paths accessing his café from Newton Abbot closed.

Stover Canal Team

04/01/2025

Coming to Stover on the 19th January🐞

Blow away those January blues with our hands on puppet making and sensory storytelling sessions. Perfect fun for families as you enjoy the story of LOVE BUGS and learn some great things about our creepy crawly friends!

You can find us at three great venues in January.
Sat 18 Jan - Teignmouth Library
Sun 19 Jan - Stover Country Park
Sat 25 Jan - Newton Abbot Library

🎟️ Tickets available at www.the-story-store.co.uk/whats-on/love-bugs

20/12/2024

***UPDATE***
Due to the Yellow Weather Warning issued for Sunday, the Christmas Trail will not be running on Sunday 22nd December.

At the moment, Saturday's event will still go ahead as planned. Keep an eye on our page for updates.