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 North Devon is a part of Devon with Barnstaple as its administrative centre. North Devon is blessed with incredible landscapes, wild countryside, magnificent cliffs, scenic valleys, covert bays, beautiful beaches and the mighty Taw and Torridge Rivers. Not surprisingly, North Devon and Exmoor is a wonderful place to take holidays and as such is a major tourist area of Britain. There are bustling market towns and sleepy villages, rolling hills and golden beaches, as well as the wild moorland of Exmoor.

The North Devon Coast is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England. It is a length of coastline that is nationally protected for the beauty of its landscape. It covers 171 km sq of coastal landscape from Marsland Mouth on the Cornish border, in the west, to Combe Martin on the boundary of Exmoor National Park, in the east.

The North Devon AONB is made up of several distinct landscapes, each noted for their habitats and geology, with many of them receiving extra protection in their own right. One such area is contained within Braunton Burrows which is the core of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Arguably, the golden beaches of Woolacombe, Saunton and Croyde attract the majority of tourists, with the lure of the waves promoting surfing and other ‘extreme’ water sports along with the family ‘bucket and spade’ brigade.

North Devon has a wonderful heritage associated to it, and the beauty and diversity of the landscape has been the inspiration for many.