Bellever  Thursday 18/03/21 Our wonderful patron Malcolm Snelgrove was drawn to visit Bellever on Thursday. Little did he know, what that day would bring his

The scheme has been in existence since 1988 and been a great success, improving the pony on the Moor by using good quality stallions. Many

DPHT EVENTS AT BELLEVER 2021 Bellever Moon Walk – Tue 27th April (limited numbers left), Wed 26th May Meeting Point: Postbridge visitor centre car park.

The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust (DPHT) is delighted to announce naturalist and broadcaster Nick Baker as its new patron. In his new role, Nick will

Bellever Moon Walk Limited number spaces on the moon walk on Tuesday 27th April 2021. Starting at 7.30pm from Postbridge Visitor Centre car park for

Smartie has coped really well this winter. We generally have to keep a very close watch on her feet, but thankfully she has been sound

Rolo is such a super boy.  He always greets us with a whinny in the morning and is first in the queue for carrots. He

Our George is such a character.  He pokes his tongue out at every opportunity.  Usually when you are trying to take a picture of him

When you are able to visit the Moor watch out for the ponies tackling the gorse with ease. They stamp on old stems of gorse

February, 15, 2021 – The Dartmoor Livestock Protection Society and the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust have issued a joint statement urging visitors to the moors

We welcomed Bob Cruwys – Journalist and Rod Stevenson – Cameraman from Westcountry News to our Centre at Parke. The item will be aired next

The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust (DPHT) will gallop into 2021 with a fabulous new website making it easier for its valued supporters to keep up

We are delighted to announce that photographer Malcolm Snelgrove has become the charity’s new patron.

We are delighted to announce that photographer Malcolm Snelgrove has become the charity’s new patron.

The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust is looking for volunteers to help clear a bronze age village and other buildings on Lakehead at Bellever Forest near Postbridge this month.

Come along to meet the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust’s Dartmoor ponies, find out all about them, enjoy interacting with them – and even adopt Rolo, Charlie, Smartie or George!

Dartmoor ponies are among the most iconic species of any British moorland but a dramatic decline in population since the 1950s has led to widespread concern about their long-term survival prospects and an urgent requirement to recognise their value as conservation grazers.

Langworthy Nuthatch was one of our first foals, born to us in 2006, which caused great excitement.

It’s believed that a record number of Dartmoor ponies enjoyed a wonderful tally of top placings at the UK’s most prestigious horse show, held last week at the NEC in Birmingham.

We were recently out at Bellever for a farrier day to trim the hooves of the ponies in our care that make up our conservation grazing herd on site.

This week we’ve been handling ponies from 3 different Dartmoor farmers. Some pedigree and some not; some for sale but others staying with their breeders or even – potentially- staying with DPHT!

Recently we had a very special group of visitors who wanted to find out about our work and meet our ponies.

The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust, whose Moorland site is on leased land at Bellever, Postbridge from Foresty England, has benefited from additional stone wall repair and construction training for its volunteer team who undertake so much good work at Bellever.

We are delighted to announce that photographer Malcolm Snelgrove has become the charity’s new patron.

We are delighted to announce that our good friend, Alex Graeme of Unique Devon Tours, has launched a rather unusual ‘Tour of Devon’ with the aim of raising funds for our charity and for the Donkey Sanctuary based at Sidmouth. 

The ponies are on two weeks holiday over the Christmas period as they need a break.

Councillor Avril Kerswell is well known within the Bovey Tracey and Teignbridge community, particularly for her roles in the local Council.

Shoppers at the Bovey Tracey, Devon Co-op stores at Riverside, Newton Road and Trago Mills, have helped to raise over £8,500 for local Charity, the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust, through the Co-op Membership scheme.