Devon is situated in southern England and is a very beautiful county, famous for many picturesque and varied environments in both coastline and countryside. Inland Devon includes the wild, unpredictable yet enchanting Dartmoor and part of Exmoor (shared with Somerset). These moorlands have a unique environment with spectacular granite Tors and a wealth of Bronze Age remains. There are many wooded river valleys between the moors and the sea, appealing little villages are found nestled in these throughout the county.

Devon is the fourth largest of the English counties by area, 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, or 945 km, are occupied by Dartmoor), and it has consequently, by British standards, a low population density.

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Devon is a very safe place to live and visit. Crime levels are well below the average for England, this is in part a reflection of Devon’s rural population distribution.