Welcome to Visit Devon Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Devon
Visit Devon places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Devon places to visit. A unique way to experience Devon’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Devon as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Devon is a county in South West England, reaching from the Bristol Channel to the English Channel in the south . It is bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north-east and Dorset to the east . The north and south coasts of Devon each have both cliffs and sandy shores . The inland terrain is rural, generally hilly and has a lower population density than many other parts of England . As well as agriculture, much of the economy of Devon is based on tourism . When you visit Devon, Walkfo brings Devon places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Devon Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Devon
Visit Devon – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 7 audio plaques & Devon places for you to explore in the Devon area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Devon places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Devon history
Toponymy
The name Devon derives from the name of the Britons who inhabited the southwestern peninsula of Britain at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain known as the Dumnonii, thought to mean “deep valley dwellers” from proto Celtic *dubnos ‘deep’ In the Brittonic, Devon is known as Welsh: Dyfnaint, Breton: Devnent and Cornish: Dewnens .
Human occupation
Dartmoor thought to have been occupied by Mesolithic hunter-gatherer peoples from about 6000 BC . Romans held the area under military occupation for around 350 years . Later, the area began to experience Saxon incursions from the east around 600 AD . Devon became a frontier between Brittonic and Anglo-Saxon Wessex, and was largely absorbed into Wessex by the mid 9th century .
Why visit Devon with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Devon places with Walkfo Devon to hear history at Devon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Devon has 7 places to visit in our interactive Devon map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Devon, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Devon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Devon & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 7 audio facts unique to Devon places in an interactive Devon map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Devon Places Map
7 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Devon places to visit
Devon has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Devon’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Devon’s information audio spots:
Cheriton Bishop
Cheriton Bishop is a village and civil parish situated on the northern borders of Dartmoor National park between Exeter and Okehampton. The population at the 2011 Census was 652. The history of the settlement can be traced back over a thousand years.
Visit Devon plaques
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here Devon has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Devon plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Devon using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Devon plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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