A little closer. A little lovelier. Your Devon insider’s guide.✳

THE NEAR & KNOWN GUIDE

Your next lovely
little find.

For coffee dates, creative afternoons, thoughtful shopping and a little escape.
Find somewhere you’ll be glad you discovered, wherever you’re heading.

Browse every town & village
277 lovely places to discover · showing 1–24

Near Bantham, Devon

Outside Devon

A farm café, pottery studio and skate bowl just inland from Bantham, with plenty of reasons to linger.

PotteryFarm café

Colyton, Devon

Finns

Pink walls, good bread and shelves of small-producer provisions. Finns turns a coffee stop in Colyton into a browse, a bake and something delicious to take home.

Independent cafésSlow lunches

Braunton, Devon

Heartbreak Hotel Coffee

A sunny Braunton bakery café for serious coffee, fresh pastries and a weekend doughnut detour.

Independent bakery caféWeekend doughnuts

Bideford, Devon

Sunshine & Snow

Vintage finds, small fashion labels, ceramics and a coffee stop inside a wonderfully colourful Bideford shop.

Independent designVintage finds

Exeter, Devon

Cake or Death

A tiny working bakery with a big personality: pink leopard print, handmade vegan brownies and boxes worth taking home.

Vegan bakesWorking bakery

Preston, Paignton, Devon

Devonmade

Independent gifts, local bakes and creative workshops in a sunny corner of Preston.

Indie makersCreative sessions

Dartington, Devon

Dartington Hall

A gift-shop browse, garden paths, courtyard tables and several places to eat make Dartington Hall an easy place to spend a little longer.

Shops & cafésHistoric courtyard

Dartington, Devon

The Cider Press Centre

Art, independent makers, creative workshops, a café and a taproom come together at this Dartington courtyard destination.

Shops & makersCafé & taproom

Dartington, Devon

The Green Table

Seasonal café food, handmade cakes and a leafy terrace for a slower Dartington afternoon.

Estate caféTerrace

Budleigh Salterton, Devon

Brook Kitchen

An airy art café with breakfast, seasonal lunches and carefully plated evening food. A good Budleigh address for a table worth lingering over.

Independent cafésSlow lunches

Chivenor, Devon

Heartbreak Bakery

An industrial unit with a very good reason to go inside: bread, pastries and coffee from the Heartbreak bakers.

Working bakeryCoffee and pastries

Tavistock, Devon

Leaf & Stone

Houseplants and handmade ceramics, paired with a quiet eye for colour, texture and the natural world.

PlantsHandmade ceramics

Cullompton, Devon

The Bakehouse

Exposed brick, timber beams and little tables by the window: a characterful café for coffee, homemade cake and an unhurried lunch.

Coffee & cakeDogs

Cockington, Devon

Sanctuary Coffee

Speciality coffee in a characterful village building, from a roaster supporting animal charities.

Speciality coffeeThatched village

Avonwick, Devon

Miller’s Coffee Shop

Breakfast, pastries and beautifully poured coffee in a cheerful new space at the Turtley Corn Mill.

Coffee stopBreakfast

Branscombe, Devon

The Old Bakery, Branscombe

A thatched former bakery, a cottage garden and a thoughtful collection of local craft. Browse ceramics and basketry, then pause for a cream tea.

Independent shopsLocal makers

Ilfracombe, Devon

Stacc

Precise little pâtisserie creations, coffee and cocktails on Ilfracombe’s promenade.

Pâtisserie and coffeeCocktails

Chagford, Devon

ARTISAN, the makers’ shop

Contemporary craft from more than 50 local makers, gathered in a community-run shop on Chagford’s square.

Local makersContemporary craft

Tiverton, Devon

Lantic Gallery

A turquoise shopfront on Gold Street opens into paintings, ceramics, jewellery and thoughtful things made by independent artists.

Independent makersChanging displays

Bovey Tracey, Devon

MAKE Southwest & Rodney’s Café

Ceramics, glass, textiles and changing exhibitions, with an independent café upstairs.

Free entryDogs welcome

Near Bigbury, Devon

The Oyster Shack

A colourful, sheltered seafood destination above the Avon estuary, reached by a very Devon kind of lane.

SeafoodHidden valley

Near Dalwood, Devon

High Grange

Learn to cook over fire or gather for a woodland feast. High Grange pairs outdoor cooking with the pleasure of sitting down to share what has been made.

Creative daysBook ahead

Ilfracombe, Devon

hand:plant

A small plant-based café, local art gallery and creative workshop space behind a blue High Street shopfront.

Plant-based caféLocal art gallery

Chagford, Devon

Dartmoor Makers

A welcoming community pottery studio and creative hub on the edge of Chagford, with workshops for different ages and abilities.

PotteryCreative afternoon

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