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Retire2 Devon
Few county names evoke such an instant mental response as Devon……..deep green lanes, cob and thatch cottages, cream teas and seaside summers. Or perhaps the windswept solitude of its two great moors, or the rolling surf of the North coast. Reality matches preconceptions with the perfection of a theme park but this is for real and makes a county with unique character and appeal. Add a coast washed by the Gulf Stream and one of the best sunshine records in the UK and it’s not surprising it's high on many people’s list of retirement areas.
Just remember, you’re not the first to think that way. Many villages might look like an agrarian Idyll but are occupied almost entirely by retired people who are determined to keep them that way.
The very different faces of Devon means that where you decide to look will be dictated more by preferred lifestyle than in most areas. To concentrate the mind we’ve split the county into five different areas; Exeter and Torbay, The South Hams, Plymouth, Dartmoor and North Devon and Exmoor.
This is the land south of Dartmoor and bounded by Dartmouth and Plymouth. It’s a land of flooded river valleys whose tidal creeks reach deep inland. Settlements grew along the creeks and transport between the valleys was often by boat with road tr... more
PLYMOUTH Plymouth was one of the first cities to entirely re-build its centre after the last war. The architects and planners clearly thought long, wide thoroughfares were the way forward. The result is a collection of windswept boulevards... more
At 365 square miles Dartmoor is Britain’s largest national park. It is a place of stone, bog, windswept heather and, largely, solitude. You could spend a lifetime exploring its tors, hidden valleys, tumbling streams and the wealth of prehistoric m... more
Exeter is the administrative and, arguably, the cultural capital of Devon. The city council directly promotes a wide range of arts festivals and artistic activities including the Exeter Festival, Animated Exeter, Exeter Living History and Party in... more
North Devon contains some of the most varied scenery in Britain; marshland and sand dunes, beaches and cliffs, villages and historic ports and Lundy Island, set amidst Britain’s only Statutory Marine Reserve. To the East, merging into Somerset, is... more
