Welcome to Devon CAM.

Below you will find our most recent additions. You can browse our entire photograph collection by place and category. All of our images of Devon are available in larger versions with most being suitable for use as desktop wallpapers. This site is updated often so please check back soon for more quality photos of Devon.

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Tavy Cleave Place: Dartmoor Category: Moorland Prints of this photograph are available to order world wide. Click here to order online now. About: Tavy Cleave is a river valley enclosed in a steep gorge which is rare to find on Dartmoor. It is a very beautiful place and it is also a good way to approach the central parts of North Dartmoor and Fur Tor. Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

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Bridge on Dartmoor Place: Dartmoor Category: Moorland About: Theses wonderful stone bridges on Dartmoor are today a big tourist attraction but when they were built the people would just have been making a way to cross the river. Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

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Reflected Cliffs Place: Welcombe Mouth Category: Beaches About: When we have visited Welcombe Mouth in the past the tide has always been in and there is not a lot of beach left so we timed this visit for low tide and we are glad we did. The beach has lots of lovely fine sand and the geology is simply stunning. Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

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Rocky Waterfront Place: Stoke Beach Category: Beaches Prints of this photograph are available to order world wide. Click here to order online now. About: There is a long descent to get to Stoke beach and the first part is down through a caravan park. Dogs were allowed when we visited but the daft collie was not keen on the metal steps to get back up and had to be coaxed to keep going. Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

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Sunny Day at Stoke Beach Place: Stoke Beach Category: Beaches About: There is limited parking at Stoke Beach and it is quite an arduous climb back up but even on a gorgeous sunny day like this one the beach was very quiet. Dogs were permitted all year round when we visited so the daft collie enjoyed a good walk. Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

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Fishing Boat Place: Seaton Category: Beaches Prints of this photograph are available to order world wide. Click here to order online now. About: The mile long pebble beach at Seaton is still used by some fishermen but in its heyday this was a very popular place from which to go to sea. The area does not always get the best publicity in the guide books but we have spent lots of happy hours the...... Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

About Devon.

Devon is the third largest county in England with nearly 7, 000 sq. kilometres of land. There is a wide diversity of things to see and do in this beautiful county. Devon boasts the two national Parks of Dartmoor and Exmoor both are excellent for bird watching, cycling, climbing, casual waking or more serious rambling to sightseeing.. Footpaths are marked to give a variety of walking options including the 'Two Moor way' a 100 mile route that links the National Parks. Dartmoor to the south is rich in natural and man made beauty, heather clad hills, granite tors, fast flowing rivers and ancient clapper bridges. Exmoor to the north is justifiably famous for its heather moorlands and beautiful rugged coastline.

Devon has hundreds of beaches ranging from coves and inlets to fishing harbours and all action seaside resorts like the English Riviera of Torquay, The Jurassic coast of East Devon and Dorset has now joined the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef and been granted World Heritage Site status.

Devon has many famous 'sons'. Sir Walter Raleigh was born near Yettington in 1552 and the Raleigh family pew can still be seen in Yettington parish church. Sir John Everett Millais picture 'The Boyhood of Raleigh' was painted on Budleigh Salterton's beach.

Henry Williamson the novelist returned to Devon after the First World War and resucued an orphaned otter cub that he named Tarka. This relationship was the basis for his famous novel 'Tarka the Otter'. Today the land between the River Torridge and Taw are known as 'Tarka country' and a 'Tarka Trail' opened by the Prince of Wales in May 1992 covers many of the villages covered in Williamson's book.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based his book' The Hound of the Baskervilles' on the bleak moorland of Dartmoor. His inspiration for the story is said to have come from the stories related to him about the moors by his guide Harry Baskerville.

Dame Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890. Today the famous crime writer is celebrated with a special exhibition at Torre Abbey in the Agatha Christie Memorial room. Her typewriter and many items of personal memorabilia have been donated by her daughter.

The Pilgrim Fathers left to start a new life in the 'New World' of America from the Mayflower Steps at Plymouth and Francis Drake is remembered for famously finishing his game of bowls before setting sail on the Golden Hinde to beat the Spanish Armada

Devon is a unique county with its own special charm which brings visitors back year after year.