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Dunster

Dunster

Dunster, one of England’s most beautiful and fascinating medieval villages, was once close to the coast but now sits a mile inland and the beach and village are connected by a network of paths and lanes. In the village a fairy tale castle perches high on the hill. An iconic Yarn Market documents its importance in the cloth trade. Charming shop fronts nestle side-by-side on cobbled streets and the church has a famous carillon of bells. It even has a Victorian folly rising from Conygar Hill. While on the coast the paths are surrounded by wild flowers and the beach is backed by iconic beach huts.

 

  • Dunster Village
  • Dunster Station
  • Dunster Beach
  • Cottages at Dunster

Dunster falls just within Exmoor National Park, making it a great place for exploring coast, hills and moorland. Surrounded by a network of trails offering spectacular views of the surrounding countryside it has a colourful history and if you venture off the beaten track some you’ll come across manors that once housed the knights of the castle, the Dove Cote in the village and Bat’s Castle high on Gallox Hill, an iron age hill fort that was once known as Caesar’s Camp, which came to prominence in 1983 when schoolboys found eight silver plated coins dating from 102BC to AD350.

On the coast it offers a leisurely walk to Minehead to the west or Blue Anchor to the east with views of Exmoor and the Quantocks ahead and the south coast Wales across the Channel.

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