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 |  The South Hams Countryside Kingsbridge lies in in the Southernmost part of Devon. Steep soft hills and deep valleys are a major feature of our landscape. The area around Kingsbridge is also kown asth South Hams, an old English word, hamme, meaning an enclosed or sheltered place. Much of the country around Kingsbridge is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This special status not only establishes the importance of the area to our national heritage, it also confirms that it is a truly beautiful place. Here agruculture continues to be a part of the local economy. Above all, agriculture has fashioned our countryside into a rolling landscape of patchwork fields that cannot fail to charm all who live or visit here. From local government to a wide range of community interest groups, conservation is of foremost importance to all who live here. There are many Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and nature reserves. Kingsbridge Estuary is at the centre of the landscape in the South Hams. Winding creeks and rolling patterned hills are a feature of the area around Kingsbridge but just twenty miles to the north is the very different landscape of Dartmoor. | |||
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