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🌿🌟 Vote for Us! Best Family Attraction in Devon 🌟🌿
WE NEED YOUR HELP! 🌟 Vote for Us! Best Family Attraction in Devon 🌟 We’ve got some exciting news to share – we’ve been nominated once again for the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2024 as the Best Family Attraction in Devon! 🎉✨ We need YOUR help to take home the trophy, and voting is super easy. […]
Read MoreCanonteign Falls more than 200 years of History!
Canonteign Falls beautiful blend of nature and history makes it a captivating visit. From Vice Admiral Edward Pellew’s legacy to Lady Exmouth’s visionary endeavours, Canonteign Falls has an extraordinary past just waiting to be discovered. Back in 1811, Vice Admiral Edward Pellew, known for his heroic accomplishments, acquired the Canonteign Estate, leaving a lasting mark […]
Read MoreMid Devon Advertiser: Open Day Sheds Light on Mysterious Fern Garden
CANONTEIGN’S fern garden was host to a National Plant Collection open day on the weekend, as fern curator and pteridological expert Julian Reed showed visitors around the Estate’s historic and unique collection of ferns. ‘It was very successful,’ said Julian, ‘we had people from all over the region come to the fern garden to learn […]
Read MoreWATERFALLS, LAKES AND WOODLANDS – A DAY OUT BY PITTS FARM COTTAGES
Picture credits: Pitts Farm Cottages Such a lovely descriptive blog post from Pitts Farm Cottages about their visit this June. Are you looking for a great day out for the whole family? Look no further than Canonteign Falls. Located in the heart of the Teign Valley and Dartmoor National Park near Chudleigh, Devon. Just an hour’s […]
Read MoreRestored Victorian fern collections at 90 acre Dartmoor Estate of Canonteign Falls are given Plant Heritage National Plant Collection status
The fern garden at Canonteign Falls was created in the 1800s when fern gardens and Fern hunting, Pteridomania, was the height of fashion in Victorian Britain. As the prosperity of the Canonteign Estate waned during the 20th century, the fern garden was lost and forgotten. Lying undiscovered for more than 100 years. Canonteign’s owner’s Kate […]
Read MoreCanonteign Falls Honey
Canonteign Falls Honey Beekeeper John Our Apiarist Beekeeper John started beekeeping at 13 when he was the school beekeeper. That experience ignited a lifelong love of honeybees – unadulterated, artisan honey. He now has apiaries on bee-friendly sites in the villages of Dartington, Littlehempston, Galmpton and Canonteign Falls. John breeds his own calm temperament queens […]
Read MoreCanonteign Falls Wins Best Retail Shop Award and is a Finalist Best Dog-Friendly Attraction
Canonteign Falls Wins Best Retail Shop Award
Read MoreCanonteign Falls Wins 2023 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award
Canonteign Falls has been recognised as a 2023 Travellers’ Choice award-winner for receiving consistently good reviews throughout 2023.
Read MoreDog-Friendly Dartmoor – Canonteign Falls and much more!
Canonteign Falls is a stunning natural attraction in the heart of Devon and we love dogs! Visit for peaceful walks among the waterfalls, lakes, meadows and woodlands. Escape the crowds and experience the highest waterfall in Dartmoor National Park. We welcome your four-legged friends inside and out and with 90 acres to explore there […]
Read MoreCanonteign Falls is included in the New South Devon MONOPOLY game launched by Rowcroft Hospice this September
Rowcroft Hospice has teamed up with Winning Moves, a subsidiary of Hasbro, and more than 40 iconic locations, venues and businesses to develop a special MONOPOLY South Devon & Torbay Edition that showcases many of the region’s stunning local tourist attractions. Produced in celebration of Rowcroft’s 40th anniversary and to raise vital funds for the […]
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