Devon Tourist Information
Devon Tourist and Visitor Information with links to heritage, nature and tourist attractions, many with brief details of disabled access
The county of Devon is renowned for its Cream Tea’s and Clotted Cream. A County blessed with two National Parks (Dartmoor and Exmoor) as well as stunning scenery it is home to many outdoor adventure and activity providers. This is a county where you can enjoy the countryside to the full. As well as two national parks it has two coastlines, both with stunning scenery but with different character, so much contrast in such short distances makes the Coast to Coast trail well worth consideration.
Official Tourist Websites
www.visitdevon.co.uk/northdevon
Other Tourist information websites
dartmoorexmoorpm.wordpress.com
Tourism Videos
The Coast from Visit Devon
Get Active from Visit Devon
A Lifetime of Memories from The English Riviera
Highlights from the Two Moors Way - Devon's Coast to Coast walk
Activities - West Somerset and Exmoor from Exmoor Tourism
West Somerset & Exmoor from Exmoor Tourism
North Devon Biosphere from www.northdevonbiosphere.org.uk
UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site
The Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site (Jurassic Coast)
www.jurassiccoast.org
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
North Devon - www.northdevonbiosphere.org.uk
National Parks
Dartmoor - www.dartmoor.gov.uk
Exmoor - www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
AONB’s
The Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
www.blackdownhillsaonb.org.uk
The East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
www.eastdevonaonb.org.uk
The North Devon Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
www.northdevon-aonb.org.uk
The Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
www.tamarvalley.org.uk
Wildlife Trust & Nature – www.devonwildlifetrust.org
Historic or architectural important Properties (Castles, Abbeys, Churches, Houses, Estates and Gardens) (English Heritage / National Trust / other) - see the Devon Heritage page
For Wheelchair accessible beaches see www.accessiblecountryside.org.uk/devon-beaches
Literary connections
Jane Austen, RD Blackmore, Agatha Christie, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Henry Williamson, all are linked to Devon, here are a few . . .
Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility) - Upton Pyne, Exeter
RD Blackmore (Lorna Doone) - Oare, Exmoor
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Torquay
Dame Agatha Christie - Torquay
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Kubla Khan)- Ottery St Mary
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Hound of the Baskervilles) - Dartmoor
John Galsworthy (The Forsyte Saga) - Manaton
Thomas Hardy - Exeter (Exonbury) and Plymouth
Ted Hughes - Dartmoor
Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited) - Chagford
Henry Williamson (Tarka the Otter) - North Devon
