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 great places to visit near Kenton if you like historic buildings.

Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove are great places to visit near Kenton if you like villages.

There are a number of canals near Kenton including Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

Places near Kenton feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including East Lyn River.

There are a number of beaches near Kenton including Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

Kenton is near some unmissable geological features like Valley of Rocks,

Kenton is near some unmissable sssis like Dartmoor,

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Kenton like Dartmoor.

Dartmoor is a great place to visit close to Kenton if you like nature reserves.

There are a number of towns near Kenton including Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

The area close to Kenton boasts some of the best parks including Bicton Park.

Airports to visit near Kenton include Exeter Airport.

Kenton is near some unmissable castles like Berry Pomeroy Castle,

The area close to Kenton boasts some of the best ruins including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Kenton History

There are some historic monuments around Kenton:

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