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Bradt Travel Guides: Slow Travel: East Devon & the Jurassic Coast Bradt Publications 3rd edition

Over a hundred square miles of East Devon are designated a 'National Landscape' (formerly 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty') and the internationally famous Jurassic Coast stretching into Dorset is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The charming coastal town of Seaton benefits from sensitive development, including the extension (to wildlife-packed Seaton Wetlands) of the Stop Line Way, a long-distance cycling and walking route to Bristol, originally designed to bolster World War II defences. Dorset's Lyme Regis, meanwhile, is Britain's fossil-hunting capital - as featured in the 2020 film Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet. With an emphasis on car-free travel - walking, cycling and local buses - this Bradt guide's detailed descriptions, historical glimpses, folklore and personal anecdotes whet readers' appetite for exploration.

Contents: Going Slow in East Devon & The Jurassic Coast. 1. Exeter & the Exe Estuary. 2. East to Honiton. 3. The Culm Valley & the Blackdown Hills. 4. The River Otter & the Heart of Devon's Natural Landscape. 5. The Seaside Towns. 6. Devon's Far East. 7. Dorset's Jurassic Coast Index.