The Hidden Places of DevonThis is the 6th edition of the very popular Hidden Places of Devon and has been completely redesigned to include a new cover and new page layouts. The Hidden Place of Devon is printed in full colour and includes detailed directional maps, eye catching photographs and is packed with places to eat, drink and stay. The book includes all the main tourist attractions as well as concentrating on the less well-known visitor attractions in this beautiful county. Devon is a county of sheer beauty and delight and is endowed with stunning green rolling hills, bright fresh streams tumbling through wooded valleys and picturesque little villages. The county of Devon is home to the National Parks of Dartmoor and Exmoor (which it shares with Somerset), two areas of outstanding natural beauty, both spectacularly eye-catching they consist of bleak uplands and isolated moorland that stretch out towards a rugged coastline. The book is packed with information covering the more secluded and little known venues for food, accommodation and places of interest as well as the more enduring attractions of the region. The new edition includes a stunning redesigned cover that incorporates an eye-catching photograph of Willmead Farm in Bovey Tracey. |
Contents
East Devon and the Heritage Coast | 3 |
Exeter and the Exe Valley | 31 |
North Devon | 53 |
North Dartmoor | 105 |
South Dartmoor | 131 |
The English Riviera | 159 |
Plymouth and the South Hams | 183 |
List of Tourist Information Centres | 222 |
List of Advertisers | 233 |
Reader Comment Forms | 242 |
Common terms and phrases
15th century Abbey accommodation ancient Ashmansworthy attractive Axminster Barnstaple beach beautiful Bed and Breakfast Bideford building built café carved Castle century church charming countryside Dartington Dartmouth Dating back dishes display Domesday Book e-mail East Devon en-suite English Riviera estuary excellent Exe Valley Exeter Exmoor famous Farm farmhouse garden guest rooms harbour Heritage Coast Hill holiday Holsworthy home-cooked Honiton Hotel Ilfracombe Kingsbridge manor Meanwhile medieval menu miles NW mill moorland Museum National Trust Newton Abbot North Devon offers Okehampton open daily Otter Paignton panel parish church Park personally run Plymouth popular Pub with Food railway real ales restaurant River Dart Saxon Sidmouth South Dartmoor South Hams stone Street superb surrounding Tavistock Tavy Tea Rooms Teign Teignmouth Tiverton Torquay Torridge Torrington Totnes Tourist Information Centre tower town town's traditional Victorian visitors walk whilst wildlife woodland