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The Bovey Shed A local group are looking at setting up a community shed to share tools and skills in Bovey Tracey

07/08/2026

Just a quick heads up. The Bovey Shed will not open on Saturday 8th August nor Tuesday 11th August. Saturday due to lack of manpower! And Tuesday because there will be no power available!(digging up the Dolphin drive to bury the cable!).
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31/05/2026

Well, it’s been a while since I last posted anything on here, it has been quite a busy few months one way or another. However I find myself with a little spare time to communicate my thoughts and thanks for all the hard work and general support that I get from the members of the Bovey Shed. We have been involved with several community projects, the book exchange, the after school garden club arbor and the St Mary’s Well sign as well as the love local and makers market events. We also have the great big green week coming up soon. We continue to get requests to make or repair many things from Bug hotels to hair dryers, deck chairs to brass geese! Keep it coming please.

I am probably guilty of being a little economical, when it comes to passing on all of the very kind and generous comments that a great many of you have made about the Shed, to the members but if I tell them everything they’ll just want more cake!

We have amassed quite a collection of different tools and equipment and we are hoping to be able to arrange an open day a little later in September. (TBC!). If you require anything from a few nails to an SDS drill, we may have just what you need! Come along and have a chat over a cup of tea and a biscuit!

Unit 5/6, The Dolphin Hotel.

Cheers

Simon.

07/04/2026

The Bovey Shed.

I’m on the hunt for a dis-used metal POL (petrol, oil & lubricants) cabinet. It must be serviceable, lockable and not too large! If you have got something that fits the bill and you want to move it on, please message me, maybe with a photo! 😁

Simon.

28/03/2026

The Bovey Shed.
We are open from 9am to sometime a little bit later in the afternoon! We have oodles of projects that need progressing and even more waiting to be started! Come along and join us for a cuppa and a cake, a chat and a laugh and enjoy a helping the community as well as yourself.
Cheers
Simon.

We have, surplus to requirements, an IKEA footstool, a Halfords boot cold store, a toddlers bike with stabilisers, and a...
28/02/2026

We have, surplus to requirements, an IKEA footstool, a Halfords boot cold store, a toddlers bike with stabilisers, and a brown UPVC front door and frame! Coming soon will be a civil engineers 5m measure, a wallpaper pasting table and dust sheets and a pipe bender! All kindly donated to the Shed for whatever we can raise from them. First come first served. The shed is open 9-4ish, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. 😁

27/01/2026

Please be aware of flooding around the Co-op and Carpark areas either side of the river. Mill Marsh is underwater.
However the area around the Dolphin is ok but busy with the traffic backing up.
The Bovey Shed is open if you can get here. Kettle is hot! ☕️☕️🍪🍪😁

09/01/2026

Hello again, it’s been a while since I wrote anything about the shed and I thought that I should remedy that!
It has been a quiet start to the year mainly due to the various weather conditions that we have experienced over the past three weeks! I have had to extend my absence from the shed due to an annoying bug but a few of the guys have been in and had a little play with the kitchen area. We will ’box’ it in, which will reduce the size of the area but will help keep it a bit cleaner!
Other projects will also be progressing but please accept my apologies if you turn up and find that the shed is closed. Maybe another week or so and we’ll be back to normal.
Cheers.

Simon.

15/12/2025

So, our last week of activities for 2025 is upon us! We will be open as normal on Tuesday and Friday, then on Saturday we shall have a morning of finishing off and tidying up followed by a festive drink, nibbles and chat session. It would be wonderful if I, on behalf of the Trustees and Committee, could thank you all, in person, for all of your hard work and the support you have shown throughout the year. Let’s hope that we can continue doing all of the things we have shown we can do and then expand our efforts in the future.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our members, customers and suppliers.

Cheers.

Simon Carter.
Trustee.
The Bovey Community Workshop.

01/12/2025

1/12/25 08:55: The top end of Newton Road, near roundabout, closed. I guess diversion is up Ashburton Road. Looks like a new electric sub-station being positioned/installed.

Edit. Seems like the weather wasn’t quite dry enough to play electric sub-stations today! All clear again.
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Simon.

01/12/2025

Hello Bovey, firstly let me apologise for the ‘radio silence’ of late. We have been busy in the background trying to get the lease sorted and I have been on holiday this last week.
But now we’re back and we have a couple or three weeks to get a few more projects sorted before we have a break over the festive season. I will post the Xmas closing dates nearer the time.
Kettle is on! Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Cheers.

Simon.

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