Pinkery Centre for Outdoor Learning provides a unique residential experience for students and school children right in the heart of the old Royal Hunting Forest of Exmoor. Owned and run by Exmoor National Park since 1969, Pinkery’s set-up provides the flexibility to deliver outdoor activities and special interest courses, or simply to be an accommodation stop whilst visiting/working on Exmoor. This article explores what’s available at Pinkery to give you the gen on why it’s the ideal place for hosting field study and outdoor education courses.
About Exmoor
Articles about places and experiences on Exmoor that provide more background information and insight to make a visit more interesting.
Exploring the Mental Health Benefits of Walking on Exmoor
This article is provided by Exmoor resident, Gemma Gates, who is a freelance writer and mother with a passion to improve our mental health. Her previous role involved healthcare in business management and she tries to draw on her experiences to inform her writing, focusing here on the many interesting aspects about how and why being active on Exmoor can improve your health and wellbeing on so many levels – physical and mental. As Lucy McQuillan, Exmoor’s Moor to Enjoy Project Coordinator says “Our National Parks are such great natural NHS’s! Once you’ve read the article, contact me to find out what support there is available to bring a group out to Exmoor and experience all the below points for yourself – Exmoor National Park is good for you!”
Get Involved Exmoor Conference 2017
7th June 2017 at The Beach Hotel in Minehead saw our annual Get Involved Exmoor Conference 2017 – a celebration of volunteering and all the wonderful benefits it has to offer, both to the individual and the wider environment of Exmoor National Park. What better way to thank all our volunteers – bringing everyone together to share their knowledge and skills.
Columbia Sportswear official outfitter for all National Parks’ staff
Exmoor National Park staff are to benefit from the recently announced partnership between the UK’s National Parks and Columbia Sportswear® – we’re receiving high quality clothing that’s ‘tested tough’ and designed to keep all the team members warm, dry, cool and protected against the worst Exmoor can throw at us.
“The Walker” Unveiled
Last week saw the unveiling by BBC Countryfile’s John Craven of a new statue on The Esplanade in Lynmouth. Called “The Walker”, the statue was commissioned to mark the end of the Coleridge Way, as well as pinpointing the closing stage of the Two Moors Way. And the Exmoor weather played its part too, basking everyone in glorious sunshine.
4 reasons why every road cyclist should visit Exmoor
We’re delighted to feature an article written by cycling enthusiast Jim Marshall (known on social media as @WildishDad) on the benefits of Exmoor National Park for road cyclists. He’s a father and writer with a passion for exploring the great outdoors – something he is determined to share with his young daughter as he knows “kids are never too young to catch the ‘outdoor enthusiast’ bug”. If you want to know more about Jim’s adventures, visit his blog or chat with him on Twitter.
Get set for the Exmoor Perambulation!
Are you ready for the Exmoor Perambulation? This year’s 31 mile “relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure” (as the dictionary defines it!) around the original boundary of the Royal Hunting Forest of Exmoor will take place on Saturday 17th June 2017. You’ll be participating in a historic event that traces its origins back to the time of Edward I – and this year the Perambulation takes place on his birthday!
Exmoor’s Big Adventure Dates
Get the dates in your diaries for this year’s Big Adventures (first one coming on 12th April) and our Big Adventure Family Camp-Outs (from June to September). Guaranteed fun and learning for all the family!
“Now let us bandy words no more…”: an invitation for Exmoor Am-Dram fans
“May be we are not such fools as we look. But though we be, we are well content, so long as we may be two fools together.” What better invitation to join the Pleasure Dome Theatre company in their production of Lorna Doone at the end of August. They are holding open auditions on the weekend of 15th and 16th April at Lynton Town Hall.
Exmoor’s Big Adventure Dates
Get the dates in your diaries for this year’s Big Adventures (first one coming on 12th April) and our Big Adventure Family Camp-Outs (from June to September). Guaranteed fun and learning for all the family! Click here for more details and how to book.
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