Sheep Shearing and Wooly crafts

Type: Participatory Event

Watch out Dorset Downs being sheared. Join in out felt-making workshop and make your own adorable Dorset Down!

Dates

Sheep shearing and wooly crafts 10 May 2008

Road Directions

By car from the M5: Once you reach Newton Abbot, travel down the A380 heading for Torquay until you come to a main roundabout where the A380 turns right on the Torquay ringroad for Paignton and Brixham.

Take the right turn onto the A380 and follow it until you come to the second roundabout. Here take the first exit on your left onto Preston Down Road . Occombe Farm car park is a further 300 metres on your left hand side. Parking is free of charge.

By car from the A38: Exit A38 at junction for Totnes/Paignton and follow signs through Dartington and Totnes for Paignton. After 8 miles you reach a major set of traffic lights with directions left for the A380 ringroad and right for Brixham. Go left and follow the ringroad, going straight over at the first roundabout and at the second take the last exit on your right onto Preston Down Road . Follow directions as above.

Public Transport Directions

By bus: the no.60 bus from Hyde Road in Paignton and the no.61 bus from The Strand, Torquay run every hour to Occombe Farm Monday to Friday (No.61 Saturday's also)
Timetables available to download here (47 kB) or visit www.dialabus.info
By Train: there are train stations at both Torquay and Paignton