"Glorious Devon" Devon by MarvintheMartian

Devon Travel Guide: 1,709 reviews and 3,363 photos

Devonshire

Devon is one of the most beautiful county's in England. Located on the South West Peninsula of England, Devon is (or was) the third biggest county in England and has a very varied landscape.

Many people travel through Devon on the way to Cornwall and don't stop, but you will find just as beautiful coastline and country villages and shops in Devon as you will do in Cornwall. At the end of the day both county's are quite special.

Devon's landscape includes miles of coastline on the North and South coasts. Beaches which are made up of soft pale sand (Exmouth) and others with large pepples (Budleigh Salterton). Rolling hillsides, estuary's, thatched cottages, meadows with village cricket teams, thousand year old towns, castles, one cathredral, a few abbeys and of course two of the UK's National Parks - Dartmoor and Exmoor.

What more do you need - I guess excellent Strawberries, Scones and Devon Clotted Cream (and I'm afraid that is something done better in Devon than in Cornwall!!).

It's me in Dartmouth!

MarvintheMartian!

Yep - I'm here in the flesh again!
This self portrait was taken in Dartmouth with a Yacht just behind me. Very good!

Pros and Cons

Pros:Beautiful coastline, villages and landscapes
Cons:May take some time to travel here (about 3-4 hours from London).
In a nutshell:It has everything you would need to experience all the best of England!

Last visit to Devon: Aug 2004
Intro Updated Aug 18, 2004
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Reviews (14)

Maidencombe, Torquay Things to Do (7)

A small beach within a cove along the coastline from Torquay, Maidencombe has a course sand and is slightly peppley in... more travel advice

Goodrington, near Paignton Things to Do (7)

Goodrington is one of my favourite beaches in the Torbay area. It's not the softest of sand, being slightly course and... more travel advice

Torbay, looking towards Brixham and... Things to Do (7)

Torbay is in South Devon and takes in the three towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. Each of the three towns has a... more travel advice

Budleigh Salterton, East Devon Things to Do (7)

Located about 15 miles from Exeter, Budleigh Salterton is a sleepy small town on the East Coast of Devon. It is a... more travel advice

Sports & Outdoors (4)
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Restaurants (1)
The Inn at Cockington

Travelogues (1)

Written Dec 28, 2003

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Cockington Village

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Comments (27)

johngayton Nov 21, 2007 at 4:14 AM Report Abuse

Great Page :) Love the poem too. Cheers, John.
munki Mar 21, 2005 at 10:42 AM Report Abuse

Nice Devon page with great tips and photos.
SPW Nov 16, 2004 at 6:56 PM Report Abuse

Devon is so pretty! When I visited Torquay it was mid summer madness, but very different from Torquay here, the home of many great surf labels. The countryside as shown in your pages is much more appealing.
kazander Nov 15, 2004 at 6:18 AM Report Abuse

Looks like such a pretty area! Wonderful page, great photos!!! Nice to revisit this lovely page:)
chancay Nov 15, 2004 at 6:09 AM Report Abuse

Interesting page. A nice poem there. Good tips, thanks! You show the beauty of England!
pabertra Nov 15, 2004 at 4:42 AM Report Abuse

Martin~~How's life going for you in the USA? Thanks for the pleasure of viewing your Devon pages. It is an area I will make sure to visit next time I am in Mother England :) Wishing you all the best! ~~Paige
pepples46 Nov 14, 2004 at 5:53 PM Report Abuse

never made it to Devon, I see what I missed. beautiful countryside and it looks like the Golf is great here ^..^ great page Martin
freya_heaven Nov 14, 2004 at 11:10 AM Report Abuse

Hi Martin, A really great page, I was walking along Goodrington beach today! (~_~)
ahoerner Nov 14, 2004 at 4:08 AM Report Abuse

Beautiful pictures... decorating a very informative page about Devon... Seems to be a good suggestion as travel destination!
iandsmith Nov 7, 2004 at 1:23 PM Report Abuse

Lovely pages with some useful tips. I'm heading there in 2005 myself.