About us

Exmoor Magazine is a one-off magazine. We are not part of any chain, but are owned, run and produced here on Exmoor. Originally established in 1997 by local publishing house, Halsgrove, Exmoor Magazine has been owned for almost twenty years now by a group of three friends who have worked hard to keep the magazine independent and unique. We are Naomi Cudmore (MD, Editor and Designer plus Marketing and Social Media), Elaine Pearce and Heather Holt.

Our core team includes Margaret Robinson, who is our Office Manager, handling all subscriptions, distribution and bookkeeping, Joanna Laver, who heads up our advertising, Colin Matthews, who assists with all aspects of design, and Katy Charge, our Assistant Editor. Our writers, photographers and website designer are all local freelancers.

If there is such a thing as ‘slow publishing’, this is it. Every issue is carefully crafted using a team of local writers – all specialists in their fields – and local photographers. Exmoor Magazine prides itself on its original research and boasts an impressive archive of thousands of in-depth features covering landscapes, the environment, food and farming, flora and fauna, local characters, community endeavours, local history and much more.

If you would like a slice of real Exmoor on your coffee table every quarter, whether you are reading this locally or from afar, then visit our shop to find out more and look out for the magazine on your travels. We post on Instagram and Facebook daily and would love you to engage with our content. Exmoor Magazine only exists because of our readers. We hope that we can continue to bring you truly local content for another few decades to come!

Thank you for supporting your local magazine.