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The classical English countryside of East Devon and the adjoining Blackdown Hills are protected as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Little has changed since 1724 when Daniel Defoe described the view from Honiton Hill as 'The most beautiful landscape in the world. A mere picture, and I do not remember the like of it in any one place in England'.
This ancient landscape is dotted with prehistoric hill forts, Bronze Age burial mounds, and Norman churches amid a mosaic of small lush meadows.
Flower rich hedgerows, small wooded copses and open heathland, where birds and animals flourish, abounds.
The Blackdown Hills, which border East Devon, offer the walker extensive quiet bridle paths and byways amid its 336 kilometre expanse.
For more information on the Blackdown Hills visit www.blackdown-hills.net
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