Where you meet the real Devon, that has been mainly unspoilt by tourism. The Heart of Devon is between Exmoor and Dartmoor, and away from the sea. Proper markets still take place on market days, whitewashed cob cottages, narrow lanes and patch works of small fields
Click on the name of the towns and villages on the map to get the brief guide below
| Bickerleigh | With a population of just 200, whitewashed Devon
cob cottages Devon cob cottages, an old stone bridge over the River
Exe, Bickerleigh is just what you expect a Devon village to look like.
It also has a restored water mill craft centre, and the ruins of a 14th century castle |
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| Crediton | Crediton used to be one of the largest towns in the south west. The church has the proportions of a cathedral - indeed it ince was the seat of a Bishop of Devon. And the wide main street has tall houses, built to give lofts for weavung, when the town was known for its woolen serge |
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| Hatherleigh | A quiet market town off the main holiday routes. It is a good angling centre for the nearby Torridge, Okement and Lew rivers. The George on the main street is a 14th century inn. Outside the town, on the moor, there is a memorial to a Colonel Morris, who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade |
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| Great Torrington | Torrington occupies a splendid site on the top os a hill,
hence wonderful views. The heart of the town is a classic town squsre
- here you will find a Georgian Town Hall, a Victorian Market Place and
a twin gabled inn, the Black Horse
Dartington Crystal had their factory in the town, which can be visited. And just south of the town are the Royal Horticultural Society's Rosemoor Gardens |
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| Killerton | Killerton, Devon is a fine country house built in 1778 by the Acland family, and now owned by the National Trust. It also houses the National Trust's costume collection |
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| Okehampton | In a beautiful setting above the River Okement, the calls itself "the capital of northern Dartmoor" Originally settled by the Saxons, abandoned, settled by the Normans, prospered on the medieval wool trade, hit by the Civil War. There is a lot of history here. |
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| Sheepwash | Got its name from farmer's washing their sheep in the River Torridge here. It is a picturesque little village, with whitewashed cob cottages and a fine pub. Time has stood still here, and the village is virtullly as it was two hundred years ago |
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| South Moulton | A delightful small market town. It has an imposing 18th century Guildhall, a 19th century Market House and intricate architectural features on the houses and shops. All around are views accross rolling Devon countryside |
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| Tiverton | Grew as a wool town in the 17th and 18th centuries, Tiverton
has always been at a communications hub. The River Exe flows through the
town, and the Normans built a castle here. The canal and railway came
too in their time.
Just outside the town is the National Trust property of Knighthayes, an ornate 19th century mansion |
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