Villages & towns in DevonDevon, England

Privately owned fishing village where a cobbled street too steep for cars tumbles between whitewashed cottages to a stone harbour.

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Harbour village at the foot of a wooded gorge where the East and West Lyn rivers meet the sea below towering Exmoor cliffs.

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Green-hearted Dartmoor village under bare tors, its granite church tower earning it the name Cathedral of the Moor.

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Historic port on the wooded Dart estuary, with a Tudor waterfront, a Britannia naval college and a Henrician castle.

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Victorian cliff-top town linked to Lynmouth by a water-powered funicular, gateway to the Valley of Rocks and Exmoor's coast.

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Regency resort town of elegant esplanade villas beneath red Jurassic cliffs, framed by celebrated public gardens.

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Fishing village in a chalk cove on Lyme Bay, where painted boats are winched up the pebbles and crab is sold from seafront huts.

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Ancient stannary town on Dartmoor's edge, full of independent shops, galleries and cafes around a granite market square.

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Thatched surf village behind a golden bay, with cosy pubs and the headland walks of Baggy Point on its doorstep.

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East Devon town on the Otter with a great collegiate church modelled on Exeter Cathedral, birthplace of Coleridge.

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Sailing town of pastel houses stacked above a blue estuary, ringed by sandy coves and the cliffs of the South Hams.

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One of England's longest villages, its thatched cottages, working forge and old bakery strung down a Jurassic Coast combe to the shingle.

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Twin fishing hamlets of Inner and Outer Hope tucked into a sheltered South Hams bay of sandy coves and thatched cottages.

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Old Exe estuary port of Dutch-gabled merchant houses, antique shops and quayside pubs looking over the tidal mudflats.

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Seafaring village of narrow lanes and colourful cottages where the Taw and Torridge estuaries meet, with galleries on the quay.

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Estate village of cream-washed thatched cottages and a fine church, among the prettiest in the Blackdown Hills.

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Much-photographed cluster of thatched granite cottages in the gentler eastern folds of Dartmoor.

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Chocolate-box hamlet on the edge of Torquay with thatched cottages, a watermill, a forge and a Lutyens-designed inn.

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Steep waterside village on the tidal River Dart above Dartmouth, its cottages and boat moorings gathered around a slipway.

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Dartmoor village of thatch, cob and moorstone cottages in the wooded Wrey Valley, often called the prettiest on the moor.

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Yealm estuary village of steep gardens and tidal creeks, twinned across the water with Noss Mayo by ferry and footpath.

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Waterside village on a wooded creek of the Yealm estuary, its lanes dropping to moorings opposite Newton Ferrers.

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Long thatched village on the River Otter between Sidmouth and Budleigh, with a working watermill and riverside walks.

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Georgian seaside village of narrow streets and pastel houses at the mouth of the Teign, across the water from Teignmouth.

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Scattered moorland hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor, famous for its medieval granite clapper bridge over the East Dart.

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Traditional market town at the head of the Salcombe estuary, its steep Fore Street lined with independent shops.

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Single row of cottages behind a mile of shingle in Start Bay, an unspoilt fishing settlement facing open sea.

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Beach village on the Avon estuary facing tidal Burgh Island, reached at low water across the sands.

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Market town billed as the gateway to Dartmoor, home to the Devon Guild of Craftsmen in a riverside mill.

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East Devon village of postcard cottages and gardens in the Sid Valley, a repeat best-kept-village winner.

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Large North Devon village beside the medieval strip fields of Braunton Great Field and the dunes of Braunton Burrows.

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