Totnes, Devon
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Totnes, Devon

Totnes is a smallish (pop. circa 8000) country town in the South Hams district of Devon, SW England. It is the place where - allegedly - Brutus the Trojan set foot and gave his name to Britain. It is consistently voted one of the funkiest, grooviest, hippest places to be, but don't let that put you off: normal people are welcome here too, although you may feel out of place at times.
Fridays and Saturdays are market days throughout the year and there is often a flea market (if you collect fleas) on Fridays. On Tuesdays during the summer, you can experience the delights of our Elizabethan market, with its fine selection of authentic, Tudor toilet roll cosies.

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Totnes blogs


Every week his column 'Two Knights in the Castle', based around two knights sitting on the walls of Totnes Castle, grows more surreal and ploughs its own furrow. I love it. Here is the latest one, which you might enjoy (click on it to ...

I just wish we had had them around from the very start, what an amazing record it would have been… anyway, here is their latest, a short film about the nut tree plantings that have been taking place in Totnes this winter… ...

Totnes Jobcentre in Totnes in Devon are hosting a job fair on March 10, from 10am to 4pm, for the Dartmouth Apprentice restaurant which is currently looking for apprentices to train for up to eight months in front-of-house positions. ...

This was one of the early Transition Towns projects that kicked off this global movement back in 2006. A short history of the project: As part of the Transition Town Totnes initiative, 'The Nut Tree project' has, for the last 3 years, ...

A Totnes, Devon, “hustings” debate for local sixth-formers from which the British National Party's prospective parliamentary candidate, Mike Turner, was excluded has gone ahead with all candidates, including Mr Turner, participating. ...

I always love to visit Totnes, except the climb up the main High Street. As much as I love living in Devon, why are there so many hills ? The intended shop, with lots of crafty things inside. Sometimes the market is on. ...

The party's prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for the Devon constituency of Totnes has been barred from participating in a “meet the candidates” style forum supposedly open to all those proposing to stand for election to that ...

Dr Sarah Wollaston the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate in Totnes is taking a US style approach to candidacy – first with the first primary in the country and now with US Presidency-style house visits (she is a GP afterall)

As two areas that show strong support for the Green Party values, Stroud and Totnes Greens hope to share experiences and learn from each other. The two market towns, both with histories of green activism, had their first meeting in ...

Here is a short film about a recent event in Totnes, where people involved in TTT who had been in Copenhagen for COP15 and the Klimaforum shared their experiences. Thanks to the good people of the nu-project for making this film. ...


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