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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Veranda Looking out to Sea Place: Sandy Bay Exmouth Category: Coastal Select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: The caravans at Devon Cliffs Holiday Park must enjoy lovely views out to sea and what better way to spend some time than sitting on your own veranda looking out to sea. Photograph Added: 23rd June 2009

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Red Cliffs and the Firing Range Place: Sandy Bay Exmouth Category: Beaches Select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: The extremely large holiday park aptly called Devon Cliffs is right by the sea but it is only possible to get down to the beach at Sandy Bay. The firing range obstructs one side and there has been a large cliff fall on the other so the path down has...... Photograph Added: 23rd June 2009

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Fountain in the Park Place: Newton Abbot Category: Places Select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Newton Abbot is a great shopping centre but it also has very pleasant places to stop and enjoy a packed lunch or just sit and take the weight of your feet. Photograph Added: 23rd June 2009

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Shopping Centre Place: Newton Abbot Category: Towns and Villages Select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Newton Abbot is a good place for shopping with an eclectic mix of established high street names and quaint little places that are not at every town. The pannier market is also a fantastic place to pick up a bargain Photograph Added: 23rd June 2009

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Brixham Vigilance Place: Brixham Category: Transportation Select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: An unusual view looking up to the very top of the mast caught our eye and made a great photograph.The Vigilance is a restored 78 foot heritage sailing ketch which is available for corporate or private charter, either locally or to France, the Channel...... Photograph Added: 23rd June 2009

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Brixham Harbour Place: Brixham Category: Harbours And Ports Select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: The small AA book called "Home Town What's Behind the Name?" by John Dodgson is fascinating. The name Brixham is apparently derived from Beorhsige's and Village, where Beorhsige is an Old English man's name and village is 'ham' Photograph Added: 23rd June 2009

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.