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    • Situated in the heart of East Devon, Bicton Arena is one of the South-West's premier equestrian venues. We are also available to hire for a variety of other activities such as product launches, car rallies, craft fairs, outdoor management training, cross country running events and outdoor charity events.

    • Established in 1887, Victoria Sawmills is a family business and one of the largest independent timber merchants in the South West. We are committed to ensure sustainability for the global and local environment, our customers and employees.

    • Whether you are looking for farmland, heathland, woodland, dramatic cliffs, rivers, houses, cottages or business parks you will find it within nearly 25,000 acres of accessible and privately owned land.

    • CCH Property Company Limited is the commercial property investment and development arm of Clinton Devon Estates. Our objective is to continue to build on our portfolio of commercial property in England, primarily focused on the South West, by acquiring properties which add value to the local economy and communities.

    • The East Devon Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust is a charity which employs full time wardens to look after the heaths and implement their Heathland Management Plan, developed in conjunction with Natural England.

    • Living Landscapes is a resource to enable teachers and pupils to develop their understanding and knowledge of the countryside and land management by exploring key principles such as sustainable development, recycling and responsible use of resources and climate change effects.

    • Clinton Renewables is the trading name of the Estate's renewable energy programme. Current projects include production and distribution of biomass for woodfuel boilers and feasibillity studies into biogas and wind energy.

    • Lord Clinton's Charitable Trust is a charity which seeks to support worthy causes primarily within the county of Devon. For this current year most of our funds have been committed to Help the Aged and supporting members of the armed services based in the South West who are serving, or have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Welcome to Clinton Devon Estates

Our mission is:

"To secure the long term prosperity of the Estates and the people who live and work on them in ways which care for the countryside and assist the wider community."

We like to think of ourselves as a progressive rural Estate with a rich and colourful history.  Responsible stewardship is at the heart of how we go about our business.

The Estate is a complex countryside organisation.   We manage and maintain 25,000 acres of land across East and North Devon with farming and forestry the main land use.  We provide housing for around 1,500 local people and premises enabling over 100 businesses to thrive, helping to support vibrant rural communities and their economies.  For generations the Estate has provided many amenities locally such as public access across thousands of acres of land, many miles of permissive linear paths, beaches, sports grounds and allotments. 

We pride ourselves on our conservation credentials across both our built and natural environment.  Two parklands of national importance are being restored by the Estate and many historic buildings are maintained to very high standards.  Our exemplar 2,800 acre Triassic Pebblebed Heaths are designated of UK and European importance and support thriving populations of extremely rare flora and fauna.  All our in-hand farming operations are undergoing organic conversion and all our woodlands are certified as sustainably managed by the Forestry Stewardship Council.  In recent years the Estate reintroduced the Brown Hare onto our East Devon Estate where it is now thriving.

Climate change, fuel and food security are high up the Estate's agenda and a wide range of initiatives are in progress to ensure that we are playing our part in addressing these critical challenges.  Clinton Renewables is already supplying fuel for bio mass boilers across the county and feasibility studies are being undertaken into how we might produce electricity and heat from farm outputs.

The Estates remain a family concern and our commitment to the county of Devon and wider South West region of England underpins all activity, long term planning and purpose.

Whilst we are a private family business, we aim to be as transparent as possible to our partners, stakeholders and local communities.  This web site is an important part of our transparency.  Have a look around and find out how Sustainable Land Management is delivered in the 21st century by a rural estate.  More importantly let us have your constructive feedback - we value it.

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