To help celebrate 50 years of

AONB designation, the North Devon Coast Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

team are holding a couple of village exhibitions and talks to highlight some of

their current projects and to encourage members of the local community to

become involved in their work.

Two public exhibitions are

planned in the villages of Combe Martin and Hartland during March and

parishioners are invited to come along and take part.

There will an opportunity for

local people to learn more about the designated AONB and why it forms an

important part of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve for North Devon. There will be

talks and exhibitions on the role of the AONB with regard to planning and the

local development framework; the Fixed Post Photography Project; Monitoring the

State of the AONB and the new ‘Explore the North Devon Coast’

interpretation project.

There will also be the

opportunity for people to assist the AONB team in their local distinctiveness

project as Project Officer Dave Edgcombe explains: “We are hoping to

recruit local volunteers to take photographs of special architecture,

settlement patterns, field boundaries and the historic environment, unique to

the area in which they live.”

It is hoped that these images

will both celebrate the wonderful culture and heritage of the AONB as well as

helping to inform the production of local distinctiveness guidance, which will

help guide development within this specially protected landscape.

The events will take place at the

following locations:

Combe Martin Museum, near the

seafront, Thursday, 25th March 1 pm to 6pm

Hartland Parish Hall, in the

village centre, Wednesday, 31st March 1 pm to 6 pm

For further information, please

contact Dave Edgcombe on 01237 423655.