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BERRY POMEROY

BICKLEIGH

BOVEY

CASTLE DROGO

COMPTON

DARTMOUTH

EXETER

FISHLEIGH

FORT CHARLES

HEMYOCK

HEYWOOD

HOLWELL

LAWRENCE

LYDFORD

MARISCO

MOUNT BATTEN

OKEHAMPTON

PLYMPTON

POWDERHAM

THE RINGS, LODDISWELL

TIVERTON

TOTNES

WATERMOUTH

The vast county of Devon has a hugely varied and rich landscape and history.  The western edges of Exmoor stretch into the north of the county, the rugged coast sheltering picture-postcard villages such as Clovelly and Lynmouth.

The centre of the county is made up of rolling, beautiful hills and valleys, with the bulk of the south being occupied by the vast, dangerous wilderness that is Dartmoor - famed for being the setting of Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles". Most of the major towns are in the south of the county with only Barnstaple and Ilfracombe in the north, south there are a cluster of towns on the English Riviera from Teignmouth and Dawlish down through Torquay, Paignton and Brixham towards Dartmouth and the South Hams area.

Devon is also a maritime county with Plymouth, Dartmouth and Exeter on the south coast all being important ports.

Devon is also well blessed with Castles, of great variety, from glorious ruins such as Okehampton, through impressive stately homes such as Powderham to follies like Watermouth and Fishleigh - and Castle Drogo, completed in 1942.

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