2025 Festival Partners
Hawksmoor specialises in managing private client, trust and charity portfolios, as well as three multi-asset funds-of-funds and a series of risk-based ‘Model Portfolios’ for Financial Advisers. We are a growing specialist investment and fund management business, with offices in Exeter, London, Taunton, Bath, Salisbury and Harrogate. In addition, we have strong links with professional introducers all over the country. Please visit our website to find out more.
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Blundell’s is a leading independent day and boarding school with a rich musical tradition, offering outstanding opportunities in choral and instrumental performance, composition, and music technology. With expert tuition, 32 ensembles, and concerts at prestigious national and international venues, including Westminster Abbey and St Mark's Basilica, Venice, pupils thrive in a vibrant, ambitious musical environment. From individual lessons to large-scale productions, music at Blundell’s nurtures creativity and excellence preparing students for success at top conservatoires, universities, and beyond, while fostering a lifelong love of music and the arts.
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Mount Kelly is a leading independent day and boarding school nestled on the edge of Dartmoor, renowned for academic excellence, music, creative and fine arts programmes and exceptional sporting achievements. We nurture a vibrant, supportive community where pupils develop confidence, creativity, and resilience. With a strong emphasis on character and holistic education, Mount Kelly inspires young people to thrive both inside and beyond the classroom, preparing them for a successful future in a rapidly changing world.
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Experience the charm of Chagford’s part 13th century inn The Three Crowns, a getaway that blends history with modern comfort. Its 21 en-suite bedrooms have been brought up-to-date to offer a stay that combines character with modern design. The kitchen is committed to “keeping it local”, so by choosing The Three Crowns you are supporting local suppliers and experiencing some of the quality produce & products that Devon and the wider South West region has to offer.
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2025 Festival Sponsors
- Beachwood Bakery
- Exeter Cathedral School
- Exeter School
- Helpful Holidays
- The Music Depot
- Artisan
We are very grateful to all the Friends of the Whiddon Autumn Festival for helping to ensure the continued success of WAF.
We would like to say a special thank-you to all our Patrons for their invaluable support...
WATERN PATRONS
• Susan & Neil Loden
• Kit Newsome
• Vanessa & John Blain
• Michael & Hilary Winter
• Nick Harberd & Jess Harris
• Florence Klein & Arnaud Soirat
... and other anonymous donors
KESTOR PATRONS
• Daniel Hardy
• Stephanie Hardy
... and other anonymous donors
COSDON PATRONS
• Annabel & John Crowley
... and other anonymous donors
If you would like to find out more about becoming a Friend or Patron of WAF, please click here.
We would like to say a special thank-you to the late Michael Hardy for making a generous donation to the Festival in memory of his wife Swana, both of whom were great friends and supporters of the Festival in its first year.
We are also ever-grateful to our Founder Patrons, whose generosity enabled us to launch WAF in 2021...
• Marian & Colin Barnes
• Vanessa & John Blain
• Annabel & John Crowley
• Susan & Neil Loden
• Kit & Anthony Newsome
• Deirdre & Brian Skilton
• Chantal & Tarquin Sorrell
... and other anonymous donors

















