Deveron Arts

The Town Is The Venue
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The Town Is The Venue

Huntly

There is a central square with a maze of little streets
leading off towards the open landscape beyond,
a big castle in the style of King George, and a plunging
river full of fish and stones and clear water.
Paul Shepheard

Huntly, our town, is based in the North East of Scotland. Its people, history and environment provide us with the context for our work. Our town is about 4,500 people-strong and serves a rural hinterland with a similar amount of people. 

Community 
Life in Huntly circumnavigates a historic square in the centre, with approximately 175 clubs and societies, ice cream and a shortbread factories and various sporting facilities, including a swimming pool and a Nordic ski centre. Our town also features a library, a primary and secondary school, a cricket club, a football club, a golf course and no less than 11 licensed premises. Our town has a unique cultural tapestry that ranges from traditional skills and crafts, Scottish pipe and folk music, traditional and contemporary dancing, to us, Deveron Arts.

After winning the Special Judge's Award in the Creative Place 2012 scheme, Huntly has been recognised as the most creative place in Scotland for its size in Creative Scotland's 2013 Creative Place Awards. This has allowed Deveron Arts and Huntly Development Trust to institute the Huntly Cultural Fund, designed specifically to support cultural activities by local organisations and individuals which are linked to the Year of Natural Scotland 2013 and the Year of Homecoming 2014. 38 Cultural Fund Winners were awarded funding from this.

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Landscape 
Huntly nestles between the Banffshire farming land and the hilly moor, grouse and deer lands of the Cabrach and Speyside. Our local hill is the Clashmach, which you can climb in less than an hour. From the top you see north to the Moray Firth and south to the Cairngorms. 

Room to Roam 
Our town motto is Room to Roam; a brand developed for Huntly by Jacques Coetzer, taking inspiration from the great Victorian writer George MacDonald.  It is an articulation of Huntly's setting and circumstance: our ordinary town provides us with plenty geographical and mental space in which to roam. 

Walking 
There are numerous walks in and around Huntly, which reflect the Room to Roam philosophy. Either through our contemporary Town Collection located in shops, pubs and other venues around the town, or through various themed walks, including the George MacDonald Town Trail, the James Legge walk or the Ronald Center walk–further details of which are available from our office. Please see also the Walking Institute, Deveron Arts' walking appreciation initiative.

Other Huntlys
Our town in Scotland Latitude 57.44 / Longitude 2.78, and its diaspora, have inspired other Huntlys across the world in the US, South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Weather
Check the Huntly weather.

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