Hatherleigh Festival’s Wildlife Photo Competition! The 2026 Wildlife Photo competition is OPEN. Find out all about it on our dedicated page here: Ready to enter you photo? Go straight to the entry form here: Wildlife Photo 2026: Enter now! Deadline: 15th June 2026 Winners Exhibition: 10th-12th July 2026, Old Schools, Hatherleigh
Capture the spirit of Dartmoor through its rapidly disappearing native ponies. For £25 you'll receive an MDF pony cut-out to paint or decorate however you wish. The brief is deliberately broad: your cut-out is a canvas for the spirit of Dartmoor in all its forms. That might mean a beautifully observed portrait of a Dartmoor […]
Hatherleigh Players are performing a murder mystery, including supper, on Friday 3rd July at 7.30 in the community centre. The play is called ‘Amdram is Murder’ written by Karen Ince and directed by Alan Jones. Tickets will be £15, including supper! During the evening the audience will collect clues and then attempt to discover whodunit!! […]
(With a lunch break – please bring your own lunch. Coffee, tea and biscuits provided.)Group size: 12 This one-day workshop, led by Jessica Lennan, is an introduction to working with earth pigments and making colour from the landscape. We’ll begin the morning indoors, looking at what earth pigments are and how to recognise and test […]
Talk by Myc Riggulsford: The Charter of the Forest and our lost Commons Rights Your electricity bill may be illegal, and you can dig up clay, feed pigs, or build your own house, according to this fast paced and fun journey through 800 years of Devon history which shows that we may have lost or […]
We are delighted to welcome local young violinist Joel Munday to Hatherleigh for a solo recital at the Methodist Chapel. Joel is a British violinist who performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. The 2025/26 season marks his professional solo debut with the London Mozart Players, and he was recently selected as a Tillett […]
Come along, bring an old glass vase and upcycle it into a colourful piece that catches the light, using a selection of colourful mulberry papers. A vase approx 25cm tall x 10 - 15cm wide is ideal. It must be plain glass, no cut glass or patterning. Charity shops or B&M and Dunelm have inexpensive […]
Exhibition open Friday 10th July 6pm-8pm Saturday 11th July 10am-6pm Sunday 12th July 12pm-4pm 1st floor, Old Schools A big exhibition of small things, filling the first floor of Old Schools with creativity at small scale. Expect postcard art from Hatherleigh and beyond (twinned with Fallowfield, Manchester), artist sketchbooks to leaf through, the Hatherleigh Open […]
Archery is a very rewarding and accessible activity for all. Test your skills and your aim under the expert supervision of Encompass Training. We are running two sessions, in the garden at The Old Vicarage (and may put on a third if popular). Session One: 10-11.15am Session Two: 11.30am-12.45pm Each session will be for up […]
Multi Use Room, Hatherleigh Community Centre | age 8+ Design and create patterns with simple running stitch using felt, buttons and coloured thread for your cover before adding pages to create a fabric book. Take it home to store your needles, practise new embroidery stitches as you learn them or turn it into your own […]