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Coastal CHARISMA

The South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) hugs England’s south coast. It runs east to west from the edge of Brixham (the most southerly of the trio of towns that makes up the so-called English Riviera) to Jennycliff Beach, cut just short of Plymouth by the Sound. As the English Riviera and Cornish west coast swallow the lion’s share of tourists seeking south-coast seaside solace during the summer season, this little cape

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