Landscapes near Oakdown
Oakdown sits inside the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Within a short drive the land does three quite different things: red cliffs falling into the sea, a wooded river valley running inland, then a landslip wilderness that behaves like nowhere else in England.
The coast itself is the Dorset & East Devon World Heritage Site, designated by UNESCO in December 2001 for its geology.
The best of it
Salcombe Hill
Rising above Sidmouth to one of the finest viewpoints on the Jurassic Coast. On a clear day the views reach Portland Bill in the east plus Dartmoor in the west. National Trust land.
The Sid Valley
Wooded valley running inland behind Sidmouth, with the Byes riverside park along the bottom of it.
The Undercliffs
Between Seaton plus Lyme Regis, sandstone and chalk have slipped over clay to leave a National Nature Reserve of dense vegetation plus twisted woodland.
The red cliffs
The stretch either side of Sidmouth is the reddest on the coast, which is what gives the beaches their particular colour at the waterline.
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Red cliffs, wooded valleys plus the wilderness between Seaton and Lyme Regis.
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Stay in the AONB
A five star park inside the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.