Clinton Devon Estates teams have joined thousands of people from across the UK taking part in a tree planting initiative to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Queen’s Green Canopy has been created to help the public mark the occasion and create a legacy in honour of Her Majesty. Villages, towns, cities, community groups, schools…
Some of Devon’s rarest plants are to be moved to new sites in the county as work continues on the Lower Otter Restoration Project (LORP). The Lower Otter is currently the only known place in Devon where the divided sedge (Carex divisa) is found and is one of only a few sites in the South…
Lord Clinton has officially reopened a purpose-built grenade range on the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths, which is used by Royal Marine recruits during their basic training. The range at Colaton Raleigh Common has been closed since 2015 due to weather damage and erosion. Extensive refurbishment works have been carried out by the Ministry of Defence…
The latest development to be built by Clinton Devon Estates to provide vital employment space for growing businesses in Exmouth, has been officially opened by Lord Clinton. The new complex consists of five purpose-built commercial units at the Liverton Business Park, on the edge of the town. Three have already been let to local businesses,…
Work to improve visitor access on the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths will start on Monday 7th February 2022. Four Firs Car Park on Woodbury Common and Joney’s Cross Car Park on Hawkerland will be closed to the public from Monday 7th February and work is expected to take up to six weeks. During this time,…
The work of Clinton Devon Estates is to be showcased this Sunday (30th January 2022) on BBC Countryfile, in the programme’s first ever episode focused entirely around a privately owned rural estate. Presenters Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visited East Devon earlier this month to film a series of stories from around the Estate, which…
Clinton Devon Estates has announced the appointment of a new Estates Surveyor with responsibility for the Estate’s commercial portfolio of properties. Will Dale, a former naval officer, is an experienced Chartered Surveyor having previously worked for DTZ, King Sturge and Jones Lang LaSalle. Leigh Rix, Head of Property and Land at Clinton Devon Estates, said:…
An East Devon grenade range used by Royal Marine recruits during their basic training is to reopen next month following extensive refurbishment works. The purpose built range at Colaton Raleigh Common on the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths, forms part of Woodbury Common Training Area. The facility closed in 2015 due to weather damage and erosion….
A volunteer who archived thousands of historic Clinton Devon Estates documents in a career spanning more than thirty years, has been recognised in the New Year Honours list. Gerald Millington, 93, from Otterton, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to local history in Devon and Hertfordshire. Gerald began working for…
Response to Defra consultation on the approach to beaver reintroduction and management in England 19th October 2021 We are making our reply to the national consultation on beaver reintroductions public as we have been asked by a number of stakeholders to share our response. We are a landowner who has welcomed beavers on to the…