Hatherleigh Festival

Wildlife Photo Competition 2026
2026-05-05 08:00 - 2026-06-15 17:00 (Europe/London) | Devon
Hatherleigh Festival’s Wildlife Photo Competition!

The 2026 Wildlife Photo competition is OPEN.

Find out all about it on our dedicated page here:

Wildlife Photo 2026

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

Paint-a-(Dartmoor)-Pony Competition
2026-07-01 08:00 - 2026-09-01 17:00 | Salar Gallery, 20 Bridge Street, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX20 3HY, United Kingdom
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 pony, or it might mean tors and stone rows, rocky streams, thatched cottages, folk tales, the wide moorland sky – anything that speaks to what Dartmoor is. Realistic, abstract, whimsical, illustrative: all approaches are welcome.

One entry per person.

The shape of the MDF cut-out you will use

How to enter

Cut-outs are available from Salar Gallery during the Festival and throughout July, and from the Festival stall at the Saturday Street Market (11th July) for £25.

Painted or decorated cut-outs should be returned to Salar Gallery by Monday 1st September. Judging takes place later in September, after which entries will be auctioned to raise funds for the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust and Hatherleigh Festival.

Prizes

1st: £100

2nd: £50

3rd: £25

Special prize for best entry by an artist aged 16 or under

Kindly sponsored by Sonia Lindsay and Sally Vick.

About DPHT

The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust is a charity working to ensure these ponies, which have roamed the moor for centuries, still have a future. They are part of Dartmoor’s history, heritage and identity, and a living symbol of the National Park – which this year celebrates its 75th anniversary.

Small is Mighty – A big exhibition of small things
2026-07-10 18:00 - 2026-07-12 16:00 | Old Schools, 23 Market Street, Hatherleigh, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 3JN, United Kingdom
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 showcasing painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture and ceramics – all under 30 cm – and drop-in Artist Trading Card sessions where you can make a card and swap it for one of someone else’s.

Free entry. All welcome.

Want to take part? Find out how to enter at hatherleighfestival.co.uk/small-is-mighty

How to take part

Exhibition open

Friday 10th July 6pm-8pm Saturday 11th July 10am-6pm Sunday 12th July 12pm-4pm 1st floor, Old Schools
