Devon

This article is about the county.
For the Highway Authority, see Devon Council.

Devon is a traditional county in the South West of England. It is the only county with two separate coastlines.

Geography & Economy

Dartmoor

Devon is perhaps more closely associated with the sea than any other English county. Drake and Raleigh were local lads, whilst Plymouth is a major port and Dartmouth is home to the Royal Naval College. Fishing and shipbuilding are traditional industries, whilst farming and mining took place inland. In the north Devon shares Exmoor with Somerset but Dartmoor in the south lies wholly within the county; the latter is one of England's largest remaining wildernesses. Tourism is today very important. The area around Torbay has been marketed as the English Riviera since the 19th century, whilst the north also has some smaller resorts.

Roads

The southern end of the M5

The south of the county, with the exception of Dartmoor which only has a couple of roads crossing it, is well served by the road network, whilst only a small number of roads head north, or cross into North Devon from neighbouring Cornwall or Somerset. Although Exmoor has a relatively good road network the land drops steeply down to the Bristol Channel so the coast road, where there is one, is steep and winding. The south of the county has a number of estuaries which are not bridged, although the Dart and Tamar do have vehicle ferries; elsewhere drivers must detour.

The majority of roads within the county are maintained by Devon County Council, with Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council controlling their own areas. National Highways restrict their network to the south with five roads converging on the county town of Exeter. The A30 and A38 head either side of Dartmoor into Cornwall, whilst the M5, A303 and A35 head east. The A361 North Devon Link Road, built in the 1980s, is the only road to the north of any quality but this is no longer trunk. The A39 runs along the north coast but is not worthy of Class I status; in the area of Lynton it follows a more-or-less S1 route along the valley of the East Lyn before leaving town along the steep Countisbury Hill.

Route	From	To	Length
M5	West Bromwich	Exeter	166 miles	View
A30	Hounslow	Land's End	284 miles	View
A35	Honiton	Swaythling, Southampton	97 miles	View
A38	Bodmin	Mansfield	309.7 miles	View
A39	Corston	Falmouth	204 miles	View
A303	Popham	Upottery	95 miles	View
A358	Williton	Axe Bridge	43.2 miles	View
A361	Ilfracombe	Kilsby	213 miles	View
A364	Barnstaple	Bampton	30 miles	View
A373	Honiton	Cullompton	10.4 miles	View
A374	Marsh Mills, Plymouth	Trerulefoot	16.0 miles	View
A374	Donyatt	Colyford	16.2 miles	View
A375	Honiton	Sidmouth	8.8 miles	View
A376	Clyst St Mary	Exmouth	7.7 miles	View
A377	Exeter	Barnstaple	40.6 miles	View
A378	Cotfield	Pinhoe	4.6 miles	View
A379	Exeter	Plymouth	70.0 miles	View
A380	Kennford	Collaton St Mary	18 miles	View
A381	Teignmouth	Salcombe	34 miles	View
A382	Newton Abbot	Whiddon Down	19.1 miles	View
A383	Kingsteignton	Bickington	7.1 miles	View
A384	Buckfastleigh	Dartington	4.3 miles	View
A385	Collaton St Mary	South Brent	10.8 miles	View
A386	Appledore	Plymouth	60.0 miles	View
A388	Saltash	Landcross	48.7 miles	View
A390	Tavistock	Three Burrows	59.8 miles	View
A396	Marsh Street	Cowley	42 miles	View
A397	Halberton	Uffculme	3.5 miles	View
A398	Norton Fitzwarren	South Molton	35.2 miles	View
A399	South Molton	Ilfracombe	22 miles	View
A3015	Sowton	Exeter	5.2 miles	View
A3022	Edginswell	Brixham	11.2 miles	View
A3039	West Street	Chard Street	0.033 miles	View
A3040	Fore Street	East Budleigh Road	0.5 miles	View
A3041	Devonport	Hartley	3.0 miles	View
A3042	Devonport	Keyham	1.4 miles	View
A3043	Devonport	Stoke	0.5 miles	View
A3044	Plymouth Road	Ford Street	0.1 miles	View
A3049	Devonport Road	Keyham Road	0.5 miles	View
A3052	Charmouth	Clyst St Mary	27.0 miles	View
A3064	Milehouse	Kings Tamerton	2.4 miles	View
A3070	Raymond's Hill	Lyme Regis	3.3 miles	View
A3071	Lyme Road	Chard Road	0.3 miles	View
A3072	Bickleigh	Bude	53.5 miles	View
A3073	Exeter Inn	Bampton	1.3 miles	View
A3078	Plympton	St Budeaux	6.0 miles	View
A3079	Fowley Cross	Dunsland Cross	12.8 miles	View
A3079	Horton, Ilminster	Upottery	9.5 miles	View
A3081	Mutley	Laira	1.6 miles	View
A3084	Pinhoe	Matford	3.5 miles	View
A3084	Redhills	Alphington	0.9 miles	View
A3085	Whipton	Shillingford Abbot	5.2 miles	View
A3121	Wrangaton	Ermington	6.1 miles	View
A3122	Halwell	Dartmouth	6.9 miles	View
A3123	Mullacott Cross	Kentisbury Cross	6.9 miles	View
A3124	Whiddon Down	Great Torrington	23.6 miles	View
A3125	Barnstaple	Barnstaple Town Centre	2.5 miles	View
A3126	West Exe Roundabout	Bolham Road Roundabout	1.5 miles	View
A3822	Forder Valley Interchange	Derriford		View
A3860	Derriford Roundabout	Tamar Science Park	0.6 miles	View
A3861	Forder Valley Interchange	Derriford		View
B3042	Witheridge	Eggesford Station	9.4 miles	View
B3060	Churscombe	Paignton	1.6 miles	View
B3092	Frome	Sturminster Newton	25.3 miles	View
B3096	Chawleigh	Leigh Cross	2.9 miles	View
B3123	Alphington	Matford	1.5 miles	View
B3137	Tiverton	South Molton	20.7 miles	View
B3138	Rumsam, Barnstaple	Newport, Barnstaple	0.78 miles	View
B3149	Pottington	Barnstaple	0.57 miles	View
B3161	Colyford	Colyton	1.0 mile	View
B3165	Somerton	Lyme Regis	30.5 miles	View
B3166	Monkton Wyld Cross	Red Cross	0.5 miles	View
B3169	Horton Cross	Stopgate	7.6 miles	View
B3170	Taunton	Stopgate	10.5 miles	View
B3172	Boshill Cross	Seaton Down	4.2 miles	View
B3173	Seaton	Hangman's Stone	3.3 miles	View
B3174	Clyst Honiton	Seaton	11.3 miles	View
B3175	All Saints Road	The Esplanade	0.3 miles	View
B3176	Sidmouth	Bowd	2.4 miles	View
B3177	Ottery St Mary	Patteson's Cross	4.5 miles	View
B3178	Newton Poppleford	Exmouth	11.6 miles	View
B3179	Clyst St George	Knowle	5.7 miles	View
B3180	Daisymount	Lympstone Common	7.8 miles	View
B3181	Appledore	Pinhoe	16.1 miles	View
B3181	Topsham	Pinhoe	4.2 miles	View
B3182	Countess Wear	Sandy Park	1.2 miles	View
B3182	Exeter	Countess Weir	2.0 miles	View
B3182	Magdalen Street	Friars Green	0.05 miles	View
B3183	Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter	Honiton Road, Exeter	3.3 miles	View
B3183	Cowley Bridge Road	Heavitree Road	3.3 miles	View
B3184	Clyst Honiton	Nine Oaks	3.5 miles	View
B3184	Broadclyst	Clyst Honiton (E)	1.8 miles	View
B3185	Silverton (W)	Clyst Honiton (E)	7.7 miles	View
B3186	Newton Ferrers	Yealmpton	3.6 miles	View
B3186	Cullompton	Tiverton	5.5 miles	View
B3190	Five Bells	Bampton	17.1 miles	View
B3192	Ashcombe Cross	Teignmouth	5.0 miles	View
B3193	Kingsteignton	Dunsford (E)	11.4 miles	View
B3194	Chudleigh Knighton	Bovey Tracey	2.0 miles	View
B3194	Churchstow	Stumpypost Cross	1.7 miles	View
B3195	Higher Sandygate	Newton Abbot	3.9 miles	View
B3195	Newton Abbot	Shaldon	4.6 miles	View
B3196	Kitterford Cross	Loddiswell	5.5 miles	View
B3196	Balls Corner	Torquay Road	0.8 miles	View
B3197	Churchstow	West Alvington	1.7 miles	View
B3198	Torre	St Marychurch	1.3 miles	View
B3199	Riviera Way, Shiphay	St Marychurch Road roundabout	1.3 miles	View
B3200	Babbacombe	Torquay	1.2 miles	View
B3201	Torquay Road	Dartmouth Road	2.0 miles	View
B3202	Torquay Road	Esplanade Road	0.3 miles	View
B3202	St Marychurch	Torquay	1.1 miles	View
B3203	Totnes Road	Brixham Road	0.4 miles	View
B3204	Main Road	Fore Street	1.2 miles	View
B3204	Churston	Brixham	1.9 miles	View
B3205	Stoke Fleming (NE)	Hillhead	4.6 miles	View
B3206	Dartmouth	Stoke Fleming	1.5 miles	View
B3206	Easton	Chagford	1.5 miles	View
B3206	Totnes	Buckfastleigh	6.0 miles	View
B3207	Modbury	Dartmouth	15.8 miles	View
B3208	Halwell	Halwell Cross	0.4 miles	View
B3209	Churchstow (W)	West Alvington (SW)	1.7 miles	View
B3210	Flete	Totnes	13.5 miles	View
B3211	Ermington	Ivybridge	2.7 miles	View
B3212	Whipton, Exeter	Yelverton	35.7 miles	View
B3213	Ivybridge	Wrangaton	4.2 miles	View
B3213	Green Bridge, nr Dunsford	Farrant's Bridge	2.9 miles	View
B3214	Laira	Mutley Plain	1.6 miles	View
B3214	Cadeleigh Station	Crediton	8.5 miles	View
B3215	North Tawton	Okehampton	5.4 miles	View
B3216	Jacobstowe	Hatherleigh	2.5 miles	View
B3217	Dolton	Atherington	8.4 miles	View
B3218	Dunsland Cross	New Road Cross, Okehampton	14.0 miles	View
B3219	Folly Gate	Sourton Down	3.4 miles	View
B3219	Whiddon Down	Winkleigh	11.9 miles	View
B3220	Morchard Road	Winkleigh	7.8 miles	View
B3221	Tiverton	South Molton	15.8 miles	View
B3222	Exebridge	Barlynch	4.3 miles	View
B3223	Dulverton	Watersmeet	20.2 miles	View
B3226	King's Nympton Station	South Molton By Pass	10.8 miles	View
B3227	Langford, Taunton	Stibb Cross	57.9 miles	View
B3228	South Molton	Fortescue Cross	8.8 miles	View
B3229	Kentisbury Ford	Easter Close Cross	1.4 miles	View
B3230	Barnstaple (NE)	Ilfracombe	9.6 miles	View
B3231	Braunton	Croyde	4.7 miles	View
B3232	Great Torrington	Roundswell, Barnstaple	9.1 miles	View
B3233	Bideford	Bickington	8.3 miles	View
B3234	Barbrook	Lynmouth	1.5 miles	View
B3234	Bideford	Appledore	3.0 miles	View
B3235	The Quay	Meddon Street	0.4 miles	View
B3236	Northam	Bideford Bypass	2.6 miles	View
B3237	Clovelly Cross	Clovelly	1.4 miles	View
B3238	Mutley	St Jude's	0.8 miles	View
B3239	Exeter Street	Clovelly Road	0.4 miles	View
B3240	Exeter Street	Union Street	0.95 miles	View
B3241	Devonport	Laira	3.5 miles	View
B3242	York Street	Tavistock Place	0.3 miles	View
B3243	Stoke Road	Exeter Street	0.6 miles	View
B3244	North Road	West Hoe Road	0.8 miles	View
B3245	East Stonehouse	Stonehouse	0.4 miles	View
B3246	Crabtree	St Budeaux	5.5 miles	View
B3248	Clovelly Dykes,	Baxworthy Cross	5.7 miles	View
B3250	Manadon	Drake Circus	2.0 miles	View
B3254	Sandplace	Kilkhampton	41.2 miles	View
B3257	Plusha	Bere Alston	21.0 miles	View
B3259	Launceston	Kilkhampton	18.7 miles	View
B3260	Okehampton By Pass(E)	Meldon	3.9 miles	View
B3261	Kilmington	Raymond's Hill	2.8 miles	View
B3264	Kingsbridge	Churchstow	1.5 miles	View
B3278	Bridestowe	Shortacombe	1.9 miles	View
B3281	Lympstone(N)	Woodbury	1.3 miles	View
B3336	Beer Beach	New Road	0.7 miles	View
B3337	Torre	Torquay	0.7 miles	View
B3338	East Street	Mill Street	0.1 miles	View
B3343	Mullacott Cross	Woolacombe	3.7 miles	View
B3344	Bovey Tracey	Chudleigh bypass (NE)	6.5 miles	View
B3352	Peartree Cross	Stawell's Bush Cross	2.1 miles	View
B3357	Tavistock	Dartmeet	13.8 miles	View
B3358	Simonsbath	Friendship Farm, Blackmoor Gate	7.3 miles	View
B3362	Gulworthy	Lawhitton	11.2 miles	View
B3372	Marley Cross	Woodpecker Junction	2.2 miles	View
B3372	Dartington	Marley Cross	4.6 miles	View
B3373	Crownhill	Tamerton Foliot	1.5 miles	View
B3380	Dart Bridge, Buckfast	Lower Dean	1.7 miles	View
B3381	Great Haldon (S)	Starcross	5.2 miles	View
B3382	Staplake	Starcross	0.4 miles	View
B3387	Bovey Tracey	Widecombe-in-the-Moor	6.7 miles	View
B3391	Burlescombe	Hemyock	4.6 miles	View
B3392	Harraton Cross, Modbury	Bigbury-on-Sea	5.0 miles	View
B3396	Milehouse	Keyham	2.5 miles	View
B3413	Forder Valley	St Budeaux	4.3 miles	View
B3416	Deep Lane Junction, Plympton	Marsh Mills, Plymouth	3.7 miles	View
B3417	Plympton	Lee Moor	4.1 miles	View
B3432	Tavistock Road	Forder Valley Road	2.4 miles	View
B3440	Willand	Uffculme	2.0 miles	View
T8	London	Penzance		View
T16	Exeter	Leeds		View
T37	Folkestone	Honiton		View
T40	Exeter	Bodmin		View
T41	Taunton	Fraddon		View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Turnpikes

Main Article: Devon Turnpikes

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Devon

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Devon