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South Devon countryside away from the coast is shaped by the small farms that dominate the landscape and is dotted with small delightful towns. Here are a selection.
A sizeable village just south of Newton Abbot.
A pretty village set above the Dart Estuary.
Small village dominated by a castle of the same name.
A large village set on the north bank of the Teign Estuary.
The largest of the settlements within the Stokenham Parish.
A market and wool town just off the A38 Exeter to Plymouth road.
A lovely tidal harbour fronts this little village on the Western bank of the Exe Estuary.
An attractive hamlet, a few miles south east of Newton Abbot
A village where the church and the old inn are both worth a visit.
Well known for its world famous College, medieval building and Crafts Centre.
A historic village with some impressive 16th and 17th Century cob and thatch cottages.
A long village on the road between Exeter and Dawlish.
Working village near Totnes kown for its woolen and edge tool mills.
This is a quiet and peaceful village set at 800 feet above the Teign Valley.
A substantial village set near the wooded flanks of the river Erme.
On the hillside overlooking the sea between Teignmouth and Dawlish.
A thriving community overlooking an attractive countryside.
Owns some elegant town houses and famous for its red sandstone church.
Boasts charming thatched cottages, an orchad containing the ruins of an old castle and a brook running through its churchyard.
Reckoned to be the largest village in the country with an attractive central area around the 15th Century church.
Middling village with a curious history of smallscale manufacture and mining.
Marldon is a beautiful rural parish set a few miles inland from the resorts of Torbay.
Both East and West Ogwell are lovely, peaceful villages to visit.
A lively village on the Dart, Staverton has the best surviving medieval bridge in Devon.
A delightful village set at the head of a creek on the Dart Estuary.
Set in a valley, a quietly attractive place in a conservation area, with thatched cottages.
A near-perfect looking traditional Devon village set on the southern flanks of the Haldon Hills.
An interesting village with a large open space in front of the church originally used as a market area.
A small town almost on the eastern edge of Plymouth.
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