East Devon quietly gets on with giving us a fascinatingly beautiful view of life during the past 250,000 years. Running from Exmouth to just before Lyme Regis, the area’s beaches and cliffs are part of the Jurassic Coast, taking geologists and holiday explorers back 185 million years.
Just off the beach is the National Trust village of Branscombe, then it’s onto the coastal path to Beer, with its smuggling history and underground quarry. Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton round off the coast. Inland, the East Devon Way is a signpost to Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age hillforts, Roman heritage and ancient wooded river valleys. If you’re a bit of a rebel, there’s the Colyton Heritage Centre, or there’s Axminster, showing off, you guessed it, carpets.
Excellent farmhouse B&B on a a 230 acre working farm, set in a secluded valley
Farmhouse set in 45 acres of rolling countryside
Modern farmhouse on organic farm in heart of Devon
17th century farmhouse and converted stables
A charmingly converted old cow byre providing an ideal little retreat for a country holiday
Spacious and homely house on working farm of 56 acres in attractive countryside
Attractive thatched farmhouse in a quiet situation. Convenient to the A30 providing convenient access to Dartmoor and many major towns.
Victorian farmhouse on dairy farm