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North Devon

Non-metropolitan district in England

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Overview

The Wikivoyage region of North Devon is the area of Devon that lies to the north of Dartmoor and west of the River Exe.

Getting there and around

Getting there

By rail
Rail travellers can either travel to Exeter and catch a local train service or use road transport (bus or hire car) from Tiverton Parkway (on the Great Westerm lines from Penzance and Exeter to…
By air
Exeter Airport (IATA:EXT) has regular scheduled direct flights from Aberdeen, Alicante, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guernsey, Jersey, Málaga, and Newcastle.

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Getting around

By train
This region is served by an hourly service between Barnstaple and Exeter and another hourly service between Okehampton and Exeter. The two services share the same line between Crediton and Exeter.

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Cardiff International Airport

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Cities

Exmoor National Park

Exmoor National Park is situated in the south west of the United Kingdom. It spreads across the north coast of Devon and west Somerset and was one of Britain's first national parks.

Lundy

Lundy is an island 3 miles (4.8 km) long and ½ mile (0.8 km) wide off the coast of North Devon in the south west of the United Kingdom, where the Bristol Channel meets the Atlantic Ocean.

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Towns and villages

UnderstandWikivoyage defines North Devon as the area that is bounded by the Bristol Chanel to the north, the River Tamar and Cornwall to the west, Dartmoor National Park and Exeter to the south and the River Exe to the south-east.

Get inVisitors to the region from London should either take the M4 to Bristol and then follow the M5. Once they are in Devon, they should leave the M5 at a suitable point, depending on their destination.

Get aroundThe region has an extensive bus network which is aimed at local travel, so can be slow.

EatThe larger towns in the region often have a hotel and/or restaurant alongside fish-and-chip shops or Indian or Chinese take-away outlets.

Stay safeEven though the crime rate in Devon is low, visitors should still take the normal precautions to remove temptations for petty pilfering.

Sources and licences

Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "North Devon" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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