Do you know why Bones the Hippo is the mascot of Honiton Primary School?

Hippos Stop Traffic

Digging foundations for the Honiton bypass in the mid 1960's unearthed startling evidence that hippopotamuses, elephants and other large mammals inhabited the area around 120,000 years ago.

The leap of imagination needed to imagine East Devon with the same climate as Sub-Saharan Africa today is the starting point for an exciting creative collaboration between the The Allhallows Museum, Honiton Primary School,  The Blackdown Hills AONB, The Thelma Hulbert Gallery and local artist Alistair Lambert.

The Great Honiton Hippo will come back to life to process through town arriving at THG’s pocket park, rich in biodiversity to help mark the Earth Day celebrations on 22 April.

Come and join us this Saturday, showing your support for our children and these wonderful local organisations: this promises to be a really exciting event!