From Shillingford it runs initially southwest and then south, taking in Bampton, Cove, Loxbeare and Withleigh.
South of the A3072 it swings due west in a long finger that extends beyond Bow, but returns via Yeoford and Newton St Cyres before swinging west of Exeter and heading roughly southwards again through Newton Abbot to Torquay.
[3] The Devon Redlands have a very strong, unified character, readily visible in the colouration of its ploughed fields, cliffs and outcrops, as well as the building material of its traditional stone and cob farmsteads, hamlets and villages.
It is a region of gently rolling hills, with sunken lanes and high hedgerows enclosing smallish fields utilized both for grazing and crops.
In the south, the coastal strip borders on the English Channel and has achieved partial World Heritage status.