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Devon: Lyme Bay

Blackdown Hills

Cornish clotted cream

$Ilfracombe$

Lynmouth harbour

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News •

Landslip closes Dartmoor railway line in Devon • June 13, 2025, 9:52 PM ET (BBC)

Wellington and Cullompton railway stations approved • June 13, 2025, 3:49 AM ET (BBC)

Plans for new solar farm on 108 acres of land in Devon • June 12, 2025, 3:59 AM ET (BBC)

Cullompton railway station to be revived • June 12, 2025, 3:49 AM ET (BBC)

South Hams leisure centres set to get solar panel upgrades • June 9, 2025, 2:30 AM ET (BBC)

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Devon: Lyme Bay

Blackdown Hills

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Lynmouth harbour

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