Dartmoor National Park awarded more than £3m from Heritage Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded more than £3m to a programme working to restore nature and protect heritage on Dartmoor.

The Dartmoor Dynamic Landscape partnership was given £3, 124,179 to help enhance the cultural heritage of the area. Speaking about the funding, the partnership said that the money would help deliver a range of projects focusing on conservation, as well as creative arts and engagement activities, with the communities of Okehampton, Ivybridge and Princetown becoming hubs for visitors.

Pamela Woods, chair of Dartmoor National Park Authority, told reporters: “We’re delighted to have secured this funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. There is so much excellent work taking place already on Dartmoor and thanks to National Lottery players, we can continue building on our collective successes.”

The funding project will bring together a host of organisations, all working to preserve Dartmoor’s natural beauty, including: the Dartmoor National Park Authority, the Woodland Trust, Sustrans, the RSPB, Dartmoor Hull Farm Project, Emergency Exit Arts and Flock South West, the Environment Agency, Shallowford Trust, Dartmoor Headwaters Project, South West Water for the South West Peatland Partnership and the Westcountry Rivers Trust.