Exhibition of Dartmoor 365 10am–5pm National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown.

The Mythic Garden Sculpture Exhibition See Arts and Music.

Nourish Festival – Craft, Food and Music (food festival Sat) Bovey Tracey.

Lustleigh Heritage Weekend Explore the history of Lustleigh.

South West Iberian ShowSpanish and Portuguese horses. The Grange, Northlew, Okehampton.

A Young Person’s Walk – The Giant’s Frying Pan 10.30am. Four Winds car park nr Princetown. Tel: (01822) 890225.

Kelly Mine Open Day 10.30am– 4.30pm, Lustleigh. Free admission, refreshments. Further information tel: (01626) 853127.

28th Dartmoor Pony Moorland Show Old Playing Fields, Station Road, Princetown 10am. Schedule and application form tel: (01822) 890205, email: akelly@duchyofcornwall.org (entry on the day possible).

Everyday life in medieval Ashburton (talk) St Lawrence Chapel. Ashburton History Society. Tel: (01364) 652768.

Prehistoric shamanism and ritual on Dartmoor (talk) Peter Knight. 2pm, Friends of the Wharf. Email: a.pulsford@axiom.eclipse.co.uk

Early Photography and Plymouth (talk) Nigel Overton. 7.30pm Princetown Community Centre.

Practical Volunteering Day Burrator Discovery Centre 10am–3pm. Also 10, 18, 23 & 28 September. Tel: (01822) 855700, email: heritage@swlakestrust.org.uk.

Coombe Trenchard (house tour) Lewdown.

Dartmoor Prison’s Conchies (talk) Simon Dell. 7.30pm Church House. Widecombe History Group.

Head Gardener Masterclass: Designing a garden for late summer 11am–3pm The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum. Members £30, non £35, book in advance.

The Millennium Mysteries: Creation, Fall, Restoration (play) Buckfast Abbey.

Bronze Age Astronomy on Dartmoor (talk) John Morgan. 7.30pm St John The Baptist Church, Horrabridge.

Simon Weston OBE (in conversation with David Fitzgerald) The Watermark, Ivybridge.

Autumn Design for Living Fair 10am–4pm RHS Rosemoor, Great Torrington.

The Rosemoor Open Art Exhibition 11am–5pm. See above.

Ashburton Food Festival 10am–5pm. St Lawrence Lane, Ashburton.

Archaeology in the Meavy valley (free walk) Andy Crabb. 10am–2pm, meet Burrator Discovery Centre. Book in advance. Tel: (01822) 855700, email: heritage@swlakestrust.org.uk.

Dartmoor in a Day

Heritage Open Day South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh. Tel: (01364) 644370

Conservation work Two Moors Way 10am–4pm. Bennetts Cross SX 681817. Email: rsteemson@dartmoor.gov.uk.

Devon Open Studios Venues across Dartmoor, including the Barn Gallery, Stone Lane Gardens, Chagford; Manaton Makers at the Gallery Barn, Ullacombe Farm, Bovey Tracey; and RedPod Arts, The Clay Factory, Ivybridge.

Dartmoor Visions (exhibition) Wayward Art Group at the Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton.

Art Exhibition & Book Launch Tor Royal, Princetown. 2–6pm daily except Tuesdays; 1–26 October open Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays. See pp23–4.

The Tavistock Canal (talk) Simon Dell. Tavistock Wharf. See 3 September.

Phyl’s Follies Panto Interest Evening 7.30pm. Details tel: (01822) 880024 or 880224.

Widecombe Fair 9am till late.

120 years of Burrator Reservoir (talk) Brian Poole. £4 inc. refreshments. Burrator Discovery Centre. See 8 September.

The Aztec Legacy: Continuity and Change (talk) Chloe Sayer. 9.45am for 10.30am Charter Hall, Okehampton. The Arts Society Dartmoor.

Antiques Roadshow at Buckfast Abbey 9.30am–4.30pm. No ticket required.

Open Day Mary Tavy HEP Station Free: book at www.eventbrite.co.uk or tel: (01392) 443020.

Goosey Quilters Tavistock Town Hall.

Hemerdon Mine (talk) 7.30pm Tavistock Parish Centre. Devonshire Association. Tel: (01822) 852636, email: edwardsbobbarbara@btinternet.com.

Devon Chilli & Chocolate Fair RHS Rosemoor. See 7 September.

Daphne’s Daughters (exhibition) Jellyfish Community Arts Hub, Buckfastleigh.

11 Tors Challenge Walk Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team. Princetown. Tel: 07752 146224.

Murder Mystery Dinner Dartmoor Railway, Okehampton.

Cream Tea Event & Open Day 2–5pm Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Ashburton). Rescue Centre, Ashburton. Full details on the website.

Taste of Autumn Artisan Food Fair RHS Rosemoor 10am–4pm. See 7 September

Burrator Reservoir Anniversary Exhibition Burrator Discovery Centre. Guided walks and exhibition.

Pop-up Art and Jewellery Sale 10am–4.30pm Holne Village Hall. Local artists Rosemary Bonney, Jenni Evans, Mike Bonney, Kate Cowling. Free entry. Light lunches & cream teas at Holne Community Cafe; Church House Inn also open.

Devon Open Gardens (NGS) Stone Lane Gardens, Chagford.

Dartmoor 365 Square Miles (exhibition) Anita Reynolds. Greenhill Arts, Moretonhampstead.

Lamerton Tractor Day and Country Fair

John Galsworthy Lunch Wingstone. Manaton. Royal British Legion £20. Tel: (01647) 221251/221660.

Walk for Widecombe Raising funds for a new village hall. Information and registration tel: (01392) 248919, email: clare.t@devoncommunities.org.uk. Closing date 7 September.

Bovey Tracey Evening Bat Walk 7–8.30pmMill Marsh Park (meet Station Road car park). Bring torch, and wear suitable clothing and footwear. To book email bats@devonwildlifetrust.org or tel: (01392) 260849.

A Great & Desperate Venture: Belgian Refugees in Devon during WWI (talk) Ciaran Stoker. 7.30pm Meavy Parish Hall. Yelverton Local History Society.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum: the other side of RAMM (talk) Camilla Hampshire, curator. Plus 40th Anniversary Meeting. 7.30pm Lustleigh Village Hall. The Lustleigh Society.

Ancient Houses of Exeter (talk) John Allan. 7.30pm Union Inn. Moretonhampstead History Society.

‘Walk & Talk’ with the Head Gardener: dahlias and long borders 1.30–2.30pm The Garden House. £12/£15, book in advance. See 5 September.

Dartmoor Autumn Foraging Course Midday to approx. 3.30pm at The Cleave, Lustleigh. Also 22 Sept, 26 Oct, 27 Oct. Booking essential. Details tel: (01981) 590604, email: admin@wildfooduk.com

Devon Voices 1914–1918 Home Front Stories. 12.30pm RAMM Exeter.

Vintage Fair Tavistock Town Hall.

Cream Tea Train Ride Dartmoor Railway.

Drawn to the Valley Open Studios Tamar Valley.

St Raphaels Chapel, Huccaby Service of Celebration; 150th anniversary.

The role of the pony on Dartmoor, including the Haytor Granite Tramway (talk) Paul Rendell. Tavistock Wharf. See 3 September.

Chagford Film Festival

Restoration and Conservation of Exeter Cathedral (talk) Peter Dare. 7.30pm Phoenix Hall, St John’s Lane, Bovey Tracey. Bovey Tracey Heritage Trust.

DPA Guided Short Walk 3 miles; 10am from Pork Hill, après walk The Whitchurch Inn. Tel: (01752) 405245 or 07957 976758. email: keithryan@btinternet.co.uk.

'Meet Tommy Atkins’ A soldier’s life. The Watermark, Ivybridge. See 7 September.

Bat Talk @ Buckfastleigh Town Hall 7–8.30pm Buckfastleigh Town Hall. Find out more about the work being done by the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project in and around Buckfastleigh. Free (but please let us know if you’d like to attend emailing bats@devonwildlifetrust.org). Park in the main Victoria Road car park.

Medieval Play – Bishop Stapledon St Andrews Church, Ashburton. Ashburton History Society. Tel: (01364) 652768.

Real Ale, Gin & Music Festival RHS Rosemoor. See 7 September.

Hedge Steeping (laying) Avonwick; 3 November, Ashburton; 10 November, Dartington; 24 November, Morwellham. Devon Rural Skills Trust. Tel: 07962 432317.

Steve Knightley Songs and Stories St John’s Church, North Bovey. Tel: 07887 932212.

The Ponies of Dartmoor (exhibition) Fi Takacs. The Barn Gallery, Stone Lane Gardens, Chagford.

Okey Folky Folk Sessions 8pm Plume of Feathers, Okehampton. Tel: 07773 479375

Castle to Coast Ultra 50 miles following the Two Moors Way from Castle Drogo to Wembury.

Family Wildlife Watch Programme – Fruits & Seeds 10.30am–12.30pm. Burrator Discovery Centre. No booking needed. See 8 September.

‘National Character Areas’ of the Devon Landscape (talk) Malcolm Hart. Tavistock Wharf. See 3 September.

Parishscapes Project for Moor Than Meets the Eye (talk) Emma Stockley. Princetown Community Centre. See 4 October.

Autumn Abundance Preserve Workshop Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh. Tel: (01803) 762074.

Practical Volunteering Day Burrator Discovery Centre 10am–3pm. Also 8, 14, 16, 26 & 30 October. Tel: (01822) 855700, email: heritage@swlakestrust.org.uk.

Free Day RHS Rosemoor. See 7 September.

Wild Wolf to Pet Dog (talk) Kirsty Peake. Widecombe History Group. See 5 September.

John Kirkpatrick Café on the Green. Widecombe Sailing Club.

Dartmoor Life at the end of WW1 (exhibition) Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown.

National Park Societies Conference ‘What value our National Parks?’ Two Bridges Hotel. Dartmoor Preservation Association.

Apple Festival RHS Rosemoor 10am–4pm. See 7 September.

Hennock Apple Day West Hele Barton, Hennock.

Abbots Way Walk – 23 miles Tavistock to Buckfast Abbey Tel: (01822) 852157, email: challisps@tiscali.co.uk.

Dartmoor hill ponies exhibition 10am–4pm The Barn Gallery, Ullacombe Farm. Photos and history.

Tavistock Goose Fair

Cornish Art 1880–1940 (talk) Catherine Wallace. Charter Hall, Okehampton. The Arts Society Dartmoor. See 12 September.

Chagford Drift Pony Sale Chagford Market. 11am.

Two Moors Festival Classical music venues across Dartmoor and Exmoor.

Moorforeshore Craft & Gift Fayre Tavistock Town Hall.

Atrium Studio 'Oktoberfest' Family Fun Event 10am–1pm Balland Lane, Ashburton. Atrium Studio is a new, small secondary school specialising in the Built Environment and Creative Arts industries – offering our students unique opportunities to engage with our local community via work experience, apprenticeships and volunteering. Face painting; fancy dress; careers/apprenticeship information and advice; a tombola; calligraphy workshop; pumpkin carving and more.

Great South West Sportive Cycle event.

Golden Dagger Galoppen

From Druids to Drones – a history of Dartmoor archaeology (talk) Andrew Thompson. Tavistock Wharf. See 3 September.

The building of Plymouth Breakwater (talk) Ron Smith. Yelverton Local History Society. See 18 September.

Wildlife in your garden (talk) John Walters. 7.30pm Methodist Church Hall, Bovey Tracey TQ13 9AD. DWT Bovey Tracey Local Group. Suggested donation £3. Tel: (01626) 834399, email: johnwych@hotmail.com.

Cess pits, sewers and Cemeteries (talk) Dr Peter Marsden. Lustleigh Society. See 19 September.

The Benedictine Monks of Doccombe Manor (talk) Professor James Clark. Moretonhampstead History Society. See 19 September.

Life on the Ledge (talk) Roger Finnamore – South West Peregrines Group. 7.30pm Burrator Discovery Centre. See 12 September.

Life Between the Tides (talk) Dave Hersdon. 7.30pm Tavistock Parish Centre. Devonshire Association. See 14 September.

Okehampton Carnival

Shaugh Prior Apple Festival

Vintage Fair Tavistock Town Hall.

Grand Autumn Concert Tamar Valley Male Voice Choir supporting Children’s Hospice SW. 7.30pm St Eustachius Church, Tavistock. £10. Tel: 07817 521185.

Dartmoor Society Debate ‘Are we using Dartmoor’s stone resources wisely?’ Meldon village hall 10am–5pm. Advance booking by 15 Oct.

Kids for a Quid South Devon Railway. See 8 September.

Andrew’s Corner Garden Open for autumn colour in aid of NGS 2–5pm Belstone. Tel: (01837) 840332.

The King and I Tavistock Musical Theatre Company. Tavistock Town Hall.

Old Dartmoor (talk) Paul Rendell. Bovey Tracey Heritage Trust. See 25 September.

‘Walk & Talk’ with the Head Gardener: autumn colour 1.30–2.30pm The Garden House. See 19 September.

Walkhampton Art and Craft Exhibition Memorial Hall.

Baring Gould Folk Festival Weekend Plus Folk School 22–26 October, Okehampton.

DPA Guided Short Walk 3 miles; Black Tor Falls. See 25 September.

Half Price Weekend South Devon Railway. See 8 September.

Autumn Letterbox Meet Lee Moor Village Hall. Tel: (01364) 73414, email: 100club@letterboxingondartmoor.co.uk.

Andrew’s Corner Garden Open for autumn colour in aid of Children’s Hospice SW. Belstone. See 21 October.

Family Wildlife Watch Programme – Fungi 10.30am–12.30pm. Burrator Discovery Centre. No booking needed. See 8 September.

Scourge and pestilence in Tavistock and the South West in recent times (talk) Kevin Dickens. Tavistock Wharf. See 3 September.

Fireworks Display Ivybridge Rugby Club. Gates open 6.30pm, display c.8pm.

Fireworks Display Tavistock Meadows. Tavistock Lions

Diesel Gala South Devon Railway. See 8 September.

Future energy from the Walkham Valley (talk) Joseph Toland. Tavistock Wharf. See 3 September.

Three Lies and a Regicide (talk) Richard Sandover. Princetown History Club. See 4 September.

Haytor Meteorological Station (talk) William Hand. Widecombe History Group. See 5 September.

Behind the Scenes at Buckfast Abbey (tour) 11am, £3.

Dartmoor Society Lecture Adrian Colston. 7pm Dolphin Hotel, Bovey Tracey. Booking by 5 November. See 20 October.

Christmas Craft and Food Fair 10am–4pm Buckland Abbey.

Moorforeshore Craft & Gift Fayre Tavistock Town Hall.

Goldsmith’s Cross (talk) Sue Andrew. Tavistock Wharf. See 3 September.

Life and Times of the Sundial (talk) Kevin Kearney. Charter Hall, Okehampton. The Arts Society Dartmoor. See 12 September.

Rosemoor Glow Magical garden illuminations. RHS Rosemoor 4–8pm. See 7 September.

Winter Sculpture Exhibition RHS Rosemoor 10am–5pm. See 7 September.

An Overview of Dartmoor’s Archaeology (talk) Dr Lee Bray DNPA. Tavistock Parish Centre. Devonshire Association. See 14 September.

Talking Heads Tavonians Theatre Company (Alan Bennett's monologues). 8pm Meavy Parish Hall. Tickets £10. Theatre supper available at the Royal Oak Inn.

5th Pudsey Day of Morris Tavistock.

Drogo 10

Back Tracking around the Princetown & Tavistock Branches (talk) Bernard Miles. Yelverton Local History Society. See 18 September.

The Secret World of Butterflies (talk) Richard Fox. 7.30pm Methodist Church Hall, Bovey Tracey TQ13 9AD. DWT Bovey Tracey Local Group. See 16 October.

Ivybridge Christmas Festival and Late Night Opening Event Town centre from 5pm. Tel: (01752) 893815.

Talking Heads Tavonians Theatre Company (Alan Bennett's monologues). 7.30pm Toast Coffee House, Tavistock. Tickets £20 incs interval supper.

Christmas Craft Fair RHS Rosemoor 10am–6pm (4pm Sunday). See 7 Sept.

Ivybridge Town Centre Festive Entertainment Morning, town centre and The Watermark. Tel: (01752) 893815.

Christmas Concert Mount Kelly Choral Society. 7.30pm St Eustachius church, Tavistock.

South Brent Winter Carnival 6.15pm. Tel: (01364) 73292.

St Clement’s Day NT Finch Foundry, Sticklepath. From 11am.

Talking Heads Tavonians Theatre Company (Alan Bennett's monologues). 7.30pm Coronation Hall, Mary Tavy. Bring your own interval supper.

Festive Fair Two Bridges Hotel, 10.30am.

DPA Guided Short Walk 3 miles; Lydford High Down. See 25 September.

Snakes, Saints & Pawnbrokers (talk) Geri Parlby. Tavistock Wharf. See 3 September.

'BAG IT' Film & Food Night Guest speaker Nicky Scott of Proper Job. 6.30pm for food 7.30pm Okement Centre, Okehampton. Cost £12 film & food, £5 film only. Book at Harvest Farm Shop or email: events@harvestworkerscoop.org.uk.