Chudleigh & Bovey Tracey

Chudleigh and Bovey Tracey sit in Teignbridge, Devon, where the River Teign and the River Bovey run through small valleys at the eastern edge of the moorland. Chudleigh is set beside the steep-sided Chudleigh Gorge, a designated site noted for exposed rock faces, disused quarries and a network of footpaths that follow the wooded ravine. The town clusters along the river and lanes, with bridges, a parish church and stretches of farmland rising away from the valley floor.

Bovey Tracey occupies the Bovey Basin and the town grew where clay extraction and transport met local trade. Ball clay pits and workings around the basin have left a pattern of ponds and cuttings that still mark the landscape and fed a regional ceramics supply chain. The town centre has independent shops, workshops and civic buildings that serve surrounding villages, while lanes and public paths lead into the fields and stream valleys that connect the two communities.