Kenton is a Town in the county of Devon.

Retail in Kenton

There are great places to visit near Kenton including some great cities, historic buildings, villages, canals, rivers and streams, beaches, geological features, sssis, hiking areas, nature reserves, towns, parks, airports, castles and ruins.

Kenton is near some unmissable cities like Exeter,

Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter are some of Kenton best historic buildings to visit near Kenton.

Kenton's best nearby villages can be found at Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

Kenton has some unmissable canals nearby like Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Kenton including East Lyn River.

There are a several good beaches in the Kenton area like Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

There are a several good geological features in the area around Kenton like Valley of Rocks.

SSSIs to visit near Kenton include Dartmoor.

Dartmoor is a great place to visit close to Kenton if you like hiking areas.

The area close to Kenton boasts some of the best nature reserves including Dartmoor.

Kenton's best nearby towns can be found at Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

Parks to visit near Kenton include Bicton Park.

Exeter Airport is one of Kenton's best, nearby airports to visit in Kenton.

Berry Pomeroy Castle is a great place to visit close to Kenton if you like castles.

There are a number of ruins near to Kenton including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Kenton History

There are some historic monuments around Kenton:

• Law Library, Cathedral Yard
• Earthwork enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Church Path Hill Plantation
• St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road
• Roman, Anglo Saxon and medieval defences called collectively Exeter City Walls
• Enclosures NE of Peamore Cottage
• St Nicholas' Priory
• Earthwork enclosure S of Blackall's Copse
• Bishop's Palace, Bishopsteignton
• Danes Castle
• Underground passages
• Animal pound on Woodbury Road, 275m south east of the church
• Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral
• Ide Bridge
• Linear round barrow cemetery at Castle Park, Alphington
• Little John's Cross
• Roman baths (site of), The Deanery
• Clyst St Mary Bridge and causeway
• Rougemont Castle
• Two bowl barrows at Big Wood, 580m south west and 470m south of Moorland Cottage
• St Katherine's Priory, Polsloe
• Hall of the Vicars Choral, South Street
• Castle Dyke
• Medieval bridge and part of a late medieval conduit under Holloway Street
• Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green
• The medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church, and medieval tenement remains, lying between the River Exe and Frog Street