Meavy Oak Fair

On the green at Meavy stands a glorious Englis oak tree and a traditional fair is held with a jumble sale, stalls, face painting and pony rides. There is also a village school. The Royal Oak Inn is the only pub in England and Wales owned by a Parish Council, Burrator and its receipts go to help fill the community coffers. The nearby church is dedicated to St Peter and the fair falls in June near to the feast of St Peter and St Paul. The Dartmoor village is popular with walkers.

An appeal by Burrator Parish Council to locals asking them to collect acorns and propagate oak saplings was launched to ensure the replacement of the old oak tree, guesstimated to be between 500 to 1000 years old. Quercus robur, the common or pendunculate English Oak were the trees used for making Royal Navy Ships and the Royal Oak Inn at Meavy contains oak beams thought to have come from old naval sloops. Heart of Oak is the official march of the Royal Navy with music composed by William Boyce (originally as an opera) and lyrics by English actor David Garrick. The Old Oak at Meavy is hollow and faces an uncertain future but "Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, to add something to this wonderful year."