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Devon is a large county in the South
West of England. Alternatively people refer to the county as
Devonshire, but it is an entirely unofficial name, often indicating
a traditional or historical context. The county shares borders with
Cornwall to the west and Dorset and Somerset to the east. Its
coastline follows the English Channel to the south and the Bristol
Channel to the north.
Devon is the third largest of the English counties and has a
population of 1,109,900. The county town is the cathedral city of
Exeter, and the county contains two independent unitary authorities:
the port city of Plymouth and the Torbay conurbation of seaside
resorts. In addition to Devon County Council itself, much of the
county is rural or National Park land. 365 square miles (950 km˛)
are occupied by Dartmoor and as a result of its rural land use it
has, by British standards, a low population density.
The county is home to England's only natural UNESCO World Heritage
Site, which is the Dorset and East Devon Coast, known as the
Jurassic Coast for its geology and geographical features. Along with
its neighbour, Cornwall, Devon is known as the "Cornubian massif".
This geology gives rise to the landscapes of Dartmoor and Exmoor,
which are both National Parks. Devon has seaside resorts and
historic towns and cities, plus a mild climate, accounting for the
large tourist sector of its economy.
Devon is the only county in England to have two separated
coastlines; the South West Coast Path runs along the entire length
of both, around 65% of which is named as Heritage Coast. Inland, the
Dartmoor National Park lies wholly in Devon, and the Exmoor National
Park lies in both Devon and Somerset. Apart from these areas of high
moorland the county has attractive rolling rural scenery, and
villages with thatched cob cottages. All these features make Devon a
popular holiday destination. The variety of habitats means that
there is a wide range of wildlife (see Dartmoor wildlife, for
example). A popular challenge among birders is to find over 100
species in the county in a day. The county's wildlife is protected
by the Devon Wildlife Trust, a charity which looks after 40 nature
reserves.
The landscape of the south consists of rolling hills dotted with
small towns, such as Dartmouth, Salcombe, Totnes amongst others. The
towns of Torquay and Paignton are the principal seaside resorts on
the south coast. The north of the county is very rural with few
major towns except Barnstaple, Great Torrington, Bideford and
Ilfracombe. East Devon has the first seaside resort to be developed
in the county, Exmouth and the more upmarket Georgian town of
Sidmouth, headquarters of the East Devon District Council. Exmouth
marks the western end of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
The Great Red cliff of Foreland PointDevon gave its name to a
geological era: the Devonian era, so named by Adam Sedgwick because
the distinctive Old Red Sandstone of Exmoor was studied by
geologists here. Devon's other major rock system is the
carboniferous sandstone which stretches from Bideford to Bude in
Cornwall, and contributes to a gentler, greener, more rounded
landscape.
Devon's Exmoor coast has the highest cliffs in southern Britain,
culminating in the Great Hangman, a 1043 ft (318 m) "hog-backed"
hill with an 820 ft (250 m) cliff-face, located near Combe Martin
Bay. Its sister cliff is the 716 ft (218 m) Little Hangman, which
marks the edge of Exmoor.
One of the features of the North Devon coast is that Bideford Bay
and the Hartland Point peninsula are both west-facing, Atlantic
facing coastlines; meaning that a combination of an off-shore (east)
wind and an Atlantic swell produce excellent surf. The beaches of
Bideford Bay (Woolacombe, Saunton, Westward Ho! and Croyde), along
with North Cornwall, and the coast of South Wales, are the main
centres of surfing in Britain.
The main settlements in Devon are the cities of Plymouth, a historic
port now administratively independent, Exeter, the county town, and
Torbay, the county's tourist centre. Devon's coast is lined with
tourist resorts, many of which grew rapidly with the arrival of the
railways in the 19th century. Examples include Dawlish, Exmouth and
Sidmouth on the south coast, and Ilfracombe and Lynmouth on the
north. The Torbay conurbation of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham on
the south coast is perhaps the largest and most popular of these
resorts, and is now administratively independent of the county.
Rural market towns in the county include Axminster, Barnstaple,
Bideford, Honiton, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Tavistock and Tiverton. |
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