Devon Travel Guide - Towns and Villages Gazetteer

A lovely market town and popular boating centre in the South Hams area of Devon. A tidal estuary links Kingsbridge with Salcombe, on the coast. The High Street boasts some interesting medieval buildings, including the arcaded, half-timbered building known as The Shambles, which is raised up on pillars. The Shambles was built in 1796 but retains 16th-century piers from an earlier market hall.
Kingsbridge, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: The Shambles, part dating to the 16th century

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Lustleigh is a picturesque village in the Wray Valley, with a wealth of pretty cob and thatched buildings around a triangular village green. The medieval parish church of St John boasts a carved stone dating to at least the 8th century. Lustleigh is known as 'The Prettiest Village in Dartmoor' and as a popular stopover for walkers.
Lustleigh, Dartmoor, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: Dark Ages 'Datuidoc Stone' in the church

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A beautiful village on the very western fringe of Dartmoor National Park. Lydford grew on the site of a Saxon town founded by Alfred the Great in AD 890. In the centre of Lydford stands a medieval castle that was once infamous as a grim gaol. You can still trace the outlines of the original Saxon town layout.
Lydford, Dartmoor, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: Late Saxon fort earthworks

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The twin villages of Lynton and Lynmouth together make up one of the most popular seaside resorts in Devon. Though the two villages are often linked together, they have very different characters. Lynton, on top of the cliffs, is a Victorian resort, while Lynmouth, at the base of the cliffs, is a historic fishing village of stone-built cottages beside the River Lyn.
Lynmouth, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: Late Victorian cliff tramway

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A popular seaside town with Victorian-era villas sits atop a cliff looking down on the fishing port of Lynmouth. A steam-driven tramway joins Lynton to Lynmouth.
Lynton, Devon, England

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Manaton is a lovely village in south-eastern Dartmoor, about 4 miles south of Moretonhampstead. Above the village rises the peculiar rock formation known as Bowerman's Nose. Less than 2 miles away is Hound Tor, one of the most accessible of Dartmoor's peaks. Below the summit of Hound Tor is a deserted medieval village of the same name. Also nearby is the ancient settlement of Grimspound.
Manaton, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century St Winifred's church

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A village northwest of Tavistock, near the western edge of Dartmoor National Park. The parish church of St Constantine & Aegideus is mainly 15th century. Endsleigh House in Milton Abbot is a Grade I listed building.
Milton Abbot, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: St Constantine's church

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Moretonhampstead is an old market town in the Wray Valley, on the edge of Dartmoor. The town was first settled around 700 AD. During the Saxon period Moreton was the main settlement of a vast estate covering all the land between the rivers Teign and Bovey.
A382, Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century almshouses

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Newton Abbot is a large town in south Devon, close to Dartmoor National Park. The town was granted a market charter in 1220, and though it was a thriving market town through the Middle Ages, Newton Abbot really owes its prosperity to the coming of the railway in 1846, and much of the town's architecture dates to the great railway age of the 19th century.
Newton Abbot, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century Clock Tower

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Noss Mayo is a pretty village on Newton Creek, an arm of the River Yealm estuary, opposite Newton Ferrers. Originally a fishing village and later a smugglers' haven. Noss Mayo is one of the prettiest villages in Devon, with picturesque cottages clustered around a pcture-perfect harbour.
Noss Mayo, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman

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