Dartmoor Gallery

Devon County Road Map

A detailed map of the glorious county of Devon in England. Derived from high quality Collins Bartholomew map data showing larger villages, towns and cities along with a detailed road network combined with rivers, lakes and county boundaries. Also includes city centre street plans for Exeter and Plymouth and the boundary of Dartmoor National Park is marked

© Map Marketing Ltd 2020, Map derived from Collins Bartholomew Digital Data Collins Bartholomew Ltd 2019

True-colour satellite image of southwest England

Devon, southwest England. True-colour satellite image of the county of Devon in southwest England, Great Britain. North is at top. The cities of Barnstaple (at upper left), Plymouth (at bottom centre), and Exeter (at right) are visible, though the rest of the county is largely rural. The main upland areas of Devon are Dartmoor (at lower centre) and Exmoor (at top right). Part of the neighbouring county of Cornwall appears at lower left. Image taken by the Landsat-5 satellite

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Oak woodland on Dartmoor

Oak woodland on Dartmoor. Moss-covered stunted oak trees and rocks in Black-a-Tor Copse, a woodland area located at an altitude of around 380 metres in the West Okement River valley, Dartmoor, Devon, UK. The altitude and conditions give rise to stunted growth, with pedunculate oak trees (Quercus robur) covered in mosses, ferns and lichens, which also cover the rocks. The wood is a rare relict of the ancient high-level woodlands of Dartmoor. This site is a National Nature Reserve (NNR), and is within the North Dartmoor Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Designated since 1952, this SSSI was extended to include this copse

© BOB GIBBONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY