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40  ENGLAND ’ S SOUTH C O AST REGION B Y REGION

England’s South Coast at a Glance

The Normans established the counties of England for
administrative purposes; those along the South Coast
roughly tally with the earlier kingdoms of the Anglo-
Saxons. While each county has retained an identity
of its own, there is a noticeable difference between
the gently undulating landscape of the South East
and the wilder countryside of the South West, with
its long, rugged peninsula tapering down to Land’s
End. Whether visitors wish to discover the medieval
architecture of the great cathedrals and castles, explore
the stunning variety of the countryside, or simply
enjoy the beauty of the miles of coastline, this region
offers a huge array of attractions throughout the year. Stourhead (see pp106–7)
This Wiltshire stately
home is renowned for its
exquisite 18th-century
landscaped garden.
LONDON
(see pp42–63)
Bristol London Margate
Marlborough
Bath Sevenoaks Canterbury Ramsgate
Exmoor (see pp122–3) Cheddar HAMPSHIRE AND Maidstone
Stretching across north Devon and west Lundy Wells SALISBURY PLAIN Royal Dover
Somerset, this wild moorland is home to Island Barnstaple Glastonbury (see pp88–107) Crawley Tunbridge Wells
the rare Exmoor pony, Britain’s oldest Bridgwater Salisbury Chawton
breed of horse. Clovelly Bideford Taunton Shaftesbury Southampton Winchester KENT AND SUSSEX
(see pp64–87)
DEVON DORSET AND Chichester Hastings
Bude (see pp132–51) SOMERSET
0 kilometres 50 Exeter (see pp108–31) Lymington Portsmouth
Boscastle Sidmouth Eastbourne
0 miles 50 Okehampton Poole Cowes
CORNWALL Isle of Wight
(see pp152–69) Weymouth Swanage
Torquay
Newquay Bodmin Plymouth
St Austell Looe Brixham
St Ives Truro
Penzance
Falmouth
Helston

Dartmoor (see pp142–3)
A national park since 1951, Dartmoor’s bleak but beautiful
landscape is dotted with huge outcrops of granite called
tors (an Old English word meaning high rocky hill).

Land’s End (see p169)
This is mainland Britain’s westernmost point. It features
the arch of Enys Dodnan, beyond which are the rocks
collectively known as the Armed Knight.
The picturesque harbour at Looe, a fishing village in Cornwall

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