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