Famous People in Devon

Sir Walter Raleigh , Sir Francis Drake , Coleridge & Agatha Christie were all born and bred in Devon.

However,many other famous historical figures have had connections with Devon.

We have produced variety of walks which in some way are linked to a historical figure or celebrity.

 

Try our 1 hour walks.

      Walk
Jane Austen author Stokewoods
Lyme Regis
Teignmouth
Dawlish
Sidmouth
Cowley
       
Brunel Charles Babbage mathematician  Totnes
       
Brunel I K Brunel engineer Starcross
       
Brunel Charles Causeley poet Thrusham
       
Brunel Agatha Christie author Torquay
Greenway
       
Brunel Coleridge poet Ottery St Mary
       
Brunel Tommy Cooper comedian Exeter Quay
       
Brunel Charles Dickens author Alphington
       
Brunel Arthur Conan Doyle author of Sherlock Holmes Buckfastleigh
       
       
Brunel Sir Francis Drake explorer Buckland Abbey
       
Brunel Ted Hughes poet Stover Park
Belstone
       
Brunel Charles Kingsley author Holne
       
Brunel Keats poet Teignmouth
       
Brunel Lady Nelson wife of Nelson Exmouth
       
Brunel Listz composer Sidmouth
       
Brunel William of Orange Prince Brixham
       
Brunel Walter Raleigh explorer Hayes Barton
Budleigh Salterton
       
       
Brunel Danny La Rue entertainer Kennford
       
       
Brunel Oscar Wilde Poet playwright Babbacombe