The Beaford Centre was established in 1966 by for the Dartington Hall Trust. Now known as Beaford Arts it promotes and supports the arts in rural north Devon - an area of 799 square miles bounded by Dartmoor, Exmoor, and the Atlantic west coast. Beaford Arts' present functions are: For ten years from 1992 the Beaford Centre ran The Plough Arts Centre in Torrington. Since 2002, however, they have been independent organisations.