Devon
Devon is a large county in England's West Country. Uniquely amongst English counties, Devon has two coastlines: to the south, on the English Channel and to the north, on the Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Plymouth and Exeter.
Plymouth
Plymouth is a city in Devon, and the largest city on England's south coast, with a population of 265,000 in 2021. It is about 190 miles south-west of London, where the River Plym and the River Tamar flow into the large bay of Plymouth Sound, creating a perfect natural harbour.
Exeter
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Exeter is the county town of Devon and historically the administrative capital of the south-west peninsula. A historic mid-sized cathedral city with a good blend of arts, education, retail and history.
Torquay
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Torquay is a town on the coast of the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. Since the 19th century, it has been a fashionable seaside resort in the English Riviera.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Dartmoor and English Riviera and South Devon.
Dartmoor
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Dartmoor is a region of Devon best known for Dartmoor National Park. The broader Dartmoor region in and around the park includes several towns and villages.
English Riviera and South Devon
The English Riviera and South Devon is an area of Devon that lies between Exeter and Plymouth to the south of Dartmoor.East Devon
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East Devon is the name given by Wikivoyage to that part of Devon that lies to the east of the River Exe. The region is bounded to the south by Lyme Bay, part of the English Channel, to the east by Dorset, to the north-east by Somerset and to the west by Exeter and North Devon.
North Devon
The Wikivoyage region of North Devon is the area of Devon that lies to the north of Dartmoor and west of the River Exe.Colyton
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Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon local authority area, the river River Coly runs through it. It is 3 miles from Seaton and 6 miles from Axminster.
Devon
- Type: Region with 1,180,000 residents
- Description: ceremonial county of England
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County Devon” and “Devonshire”
- Neighbors: Cornwall, Dorset, and Somerset
- Category: ceremonial county of England
- Location: West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Devon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Devon” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Devon”
- Albanian: “Devon (Angli)”
- Albanian: “Devon”
- Arabic: “ديفون”
- Aragonese: “Devon”
- Armenian: “Դևոն”
- Asturian: “Devon”
- Azerbaijani: “Devon qraflığı”
- Azerbaijani: “Devon”
- Balinese: “Devon”
- Basque: “Devon”
- Belarusian: “графства Дэван”
- Belarusian: “Дэван”
- Belarusian: “Дэваншыр”
- Bengali: “ডেভন”
- Breton: “Devon”
- Bulgarian: “Девън”
- Catalan: “Devon”
- Cebuano: “Devon”
- Chinese: “Devon”
- Chinese: “德文郡”
- Chinese: “德雲郡”
- Cornish: “Dewnens”
- Croatian: “Devon”
- Czech: “Devon”
- Danish: “Devon”
- Dutch: “Devon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ديڤون”
- Esperanto: “Devon”
- Esperanto: “Devono”
- Estonian: “Devoni krahvkond”
- Faroese: “Devon”
- Finnish: “Devon”
- French: “Devon”
- Galician: “Devon”
- German: “Devon”
- German: “Devonshire”
- Gothic: “𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍉𐌽”
- Greek: “Ντέβον”
- Gujarati: “ડેવોન”
- Hakka Chinese: “Devon”
- Hebrew: “דבון”
- Hebrew: “דבונשייר”
- Hindi: “डेवन”
- Hungarian: “Devon megye”
- Hungarian: “Devon”
- Icelandic: “Devon”
- Ido: “Devon”
- Indonesian: “Devon”
- Interlingua: “Devon”
- Irish: “Devon”
- Italian: “Devon”
- Japanese: “デヴォン”
- Japanese: “デヴォン州”
- Kannada: “ಡೆವೊನ್”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Devon”
- Korean: “데번주”
- Kurdish: “Devon”
- Ladin: “Devon”
- Latin: “Devonia”
- Latvian: “Devona”
- Latvian: “Devonšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Devonas”
- Low German: “Devon”
- Low German: “Devonshire”
- Luxembourgish: “Devon”
- Macedonian: “Девон”
- Malayalam: “ഡെവൺ”
- Maltese: “Devon”
- Manx: “Devon”
- Marathi: “डेव्हॉन”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Devon”
- Mirandese: “Devon”
- Northern Frisian: “Devon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Devon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Devonshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Devon”
- Norwegian: “Devon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Devon”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Defenascīr”
- Ossetian: “Девон”
- Persian: “دوون”
- Polish: “Devon”
- Portuguese: “Devon”
- Portuguese: “Devonshire”
- Quechua: “Devon”
- Romanian: “Devon”
- Russian: “Девон”
- Scots: “Devon”
- Serbian: “Девон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Devon”
- Sicilian: “Devon”
- Slovak: “Devon”
- Slovenian: “Devon”
- Slovenian: “Devonshire”
- Spanish: “Condado de Devonshire”
- Spanish: “Devon”
- Spanish: “Devonshire”
- Swahili: “Devon”
- Swedish: “Devon”
- Tajik: “Девон”
- Tajik: “Девоншир”
- Tamil: “டேவன்”
- Telugu: “డెవన్”
- Thai: “เดวอน”
- Tswana: “Devon, Gauteng”
- Turkish: “Devon”
- Turkish: “Törensel Devon Kontluğu”
- Uighur: “Déwonshir”
- Ukrainian: “Девон”
- Urdu: “ڈیون”
- Venetian: “Devon”
- Vietnamese: “Devon”
- Vlaams: “Devon”
- Volapük: “Devon”
- Waray (Philippines): “Devon”
- Welsh: “Dyfnaint”
- Western Frisian: “Devon”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈیون”
- Wu Chinese: “德文郡”
- Yiddish: “דעוון”
- Yue Chinese: “德雲郡”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Devon”. Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.