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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Redgate Beach Place: Ansteys Cove Category: Beaches Size: - Large About: Redgate Beach lies beyond the railing at Ansteys cove but the beach is currently closed to the public because of the risk of rock fall from the cliffs behind. On the day that we visited there were a few people on the beach who had decided to ignore t...... Photograph Added: 6th February 2010

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Rocky Cove Place: Ansteys Cove Category: Coastal Size: - Large Prints of this photograph are available to order world wide. Click here to order online now. About: Ansteys cove is a small rocky beach that nestles between high cliffs and a thickly wooded hillside. Park in the car park at the top of the path and enjoy walks along the coastal paths, leading to Hopes Nose and marvel at the beautiful views across t...... Photograph Added: 6th February 2010

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Descending to Ansteys Cove Place: Ansteys Cove Category: Beaches Size: - Large About: Anstey’s Cove is found between Babbacombe and Torquay quite near to the Palace Hotel. There is a steep path that leads down to the beach and convenient parking in a car park at the top of the path Photograph Added: 6th February 2010

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Unstavble Cliffs Place: Ansteys Cove Category: Coastal Size: - Large About: The high cliffs that surround Ansteys and Redgate beach look very pretty but they are unstable and the public are not advised to visit the Redgate side of the cove Photograph Added: 6th February 2010

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Greenaway Garden Place: Greenaway Category: Gardens Size: - Large About: Greenaway is remember for its connection with the crime writer Agatha Christie who was known locally by her married name, Mrs Mallowan. Agatha and her husband, Max, were both keen gardeners and ordered lots of plants and even after the war Max contin...... Photograph Added: 6th February 2010

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Greenaway Ferry Place: Greenaway Category: Rivers and Waterways Size: - Large About: One of the best ways to visit Greenaway is by ferry, that way there is a trip on the river to add to your visit to this special place. Photograph Added: 6th February 2010

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.