Administrative Boundary of Devon

About Devon

Devon is a county in the South West of England. Covering approximately 6,704 square kilometres — the third-largest county in England by area — Devon had a population of approximately 865,000 at the 2021 Census (excluding the unitary authorities of Plymouth and Torbay). The county extends from Exmoor in the north to the English Channel in the south, from the Dorset border in the east to the Tamar estuary and Cornwall in the west. Devon contains two National Parks, a section of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, a city of Roman and cathedral heritage, the country's second-highest moorland plateau, and an exceptional coastline of red sandstone cliffs, estuaries, coves, and fishing villages. Dartmoor National Park Dartmoor National Park, covering approximately 954 square kilometres of the southern half of Devon, is a vast granite upland moorland — the largest area of open moorland in southern England — dominated by high granite plateaus (High Willhays at 621 metres, the highest point in England south of the Pennines), rocky outcrops known as tors (Haytor, Vixen Tor, Hound Tor), ancient river valleys and reservoir lakes, and one of the most remarkable concentrations of prehistoric monuments in Britain: stone circles, standing stones, stone rows, hut circles, and burial chambers that attest to dense human settlement of the moor from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age. The moor is also associated with wild Dartmoor ponies — a native breed that has roamed the moor for centuries — and with Dartmoor Prison (Princetown), established in 1809 to house French prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars. Dartmoor's ancient oak woodlands (Wistman's Wood, Piles Copse) are among the most atmospheric and botanically important ancient woodlands in England. Exeter and Cathedral Heritage Exeter, the county town, is one of England's oldest cities — established by the Romans as Isca Dumnoniorum in the 1st century AD, and still retaining significant sections of its Roman city walls. Exeter Cathedral — the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter — is one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in England, notable for the longest uninterrupted Gothic nave vault in the world (91 metres) and for the magnificent 14th-century facade with its ranks of sculpted figures. The cathedral was largely rebuilt in the Decorated Gothic style between 1275 and 1369, and is a supreme example of that period's English architecture. The Jurassic Coast and South Devon The eastern part of Devon's coastline — from Orcombe Point at Exmouth to the Dorset border near Lyme Regis — forms part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, a 185-kilometre stretch of Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous coastal rock exposing 185 million years of geological history in continuous cliff sections. The South Hams — the fertile, deeply rural district between Dartmoor and the sea, containing Salcombe, Dartmouth, Totnes, and Kingsbridge — is one of the most beautiful areas of coastal England. GIS and Boundary Data The administrative boundary of Devon County Council is available for free download in GeoJSON and KML formats, sourced from the ONS Open Geography Portal (Crown copyright 2024). Compatible with QGIS, ArcGIS, Mapbox, and Google Earth, the dataset supports National Park management, coastal heritage mapping, geological conservation, prehistoric site analysis, and demographic research across the Devon local authority area.

📍 Administrative boundary of Devon county