Princetown residents have had a boost today as Prince William – who is the Duke of Cornwall – visited to launch a major fund to benefit the village.
His new community fund is making at least £250,000 available to support locally-led projects.
The Prince of Wales has in the past few hours met residents and toured the new ’Gather and Moor’ centre at the former Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre.
He had a go at letterpress printing with the Princetown Press, one of the makers at the centre.
The venue owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, of which the prince is head, has reopened with a café, shop and exhibition space to showcase and support the work of local producers and makers.
It is hoped it will draw visitors to the village, as well as providing a space for local people to meet.
Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall owns a sizeable chunk of Dartmoor and Princetown’s currently closed prison.
The community fund is coming from the £1.5 million per annum prison rent which the Duchy is redirecting to help the community.
Prince William has decided to plough this money into the local community rather than keeping it himself, in recognition of the impact of the prison closure on Princetown’s residents and businesses.
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