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Mini
Guide to Devon1|2
Why go to Devon?
Devon is the UK's third largest county and one of the country's most popular holiday destinations: Exeter was voted Britain's best city for kids in Yell's 2005 'Kids' Capitals' Survey. It also officially has the best sand for making sandcastles, according to Professor Matthew Bennett, of Bournemouth University.
The county is bordered by two beautiful coastlines to the north and south, with over 68 beaches for families to frolic on, plus Exmoor and Dartmoor provide ideal countryside for walking and picnicking.
If
your family loves a bit of history, there are over 4,500 ancient monuments
to visit, including 11 castles - one of which (Berry Pomeroy, near Totnes)
is supposed to be the most haunted in Britain. Fans of Thomas the Tank
Engine will love the county's four steam railways, and for those inevitable
rainy days, there's lots to do and see in Exeter, Plymouth and Torquay
- the biggest cities in Devon.
What
to do
- Castle Drogo Bicton Park Botanical Gardens
- Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park
- Crealy Great Adventure Park
- Dartmoor
- Exmoor
- Ilfracombe Aquarium
- Kent's Cavern
- Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
- Morwellham Quay
- National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth
- Paignton Zoo
- Pecorama miniature railway
- Pennywell Farm Centre
- Quaywest Waterpark
- The Big Sheep
- Woodlands Leisure Park
How to get there
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By car: The M5 runs all the way down to Exeter, where it turns into the A38 and continues down to Torquay and Plymouth. The A30 provides the fastest route from Exeter to north Devon, Dartmoor and beyond.
By train: Regular train services from First Great Western link Devon with the south east and London via Reading, while Virgin Trains operates a service from the midlands and the North. Southwest Trains travel through the southern counties, from London Waterloo.
By air: Exeter and Plymouth both have airports which are services by domestic flights from around the UK.
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