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Exmoor

Exmoor

Exmoor National Park is an amazing place, with a different world-class view around every footpath corner. Whether your idea of fun is a strenuous walk on the highest cliffs in Somerset or a cream tea by the side of a babbling brook, then Exmoor is the place to be.

Feel the open space of our heather topped moorland, catch a glimpse of wild red deer or iconic Exmoor ponies, explore our mysterious and very special woodlands, find your new favourite village pub, or marvel at a unique landscape shaped by people and nature over thousands of years.

  • Hurlstone Point, Exmoor
  • Boats at Porlock Weir
  • Gatehouse to Ashley Combe
  • Culbone Church
  • View from County Gate

This section of the Somerset coast includes the villages of Bossington, Porlock, Porlock Weir and Culbone – famous for having the smallest complete parish church in England (pre-Norman in origin, it sits in the woods and is only accessible on foot) – before reaching County Gate at Countisbury.

It is also home to some widely recognised landmarks. Dunkery Beacon – the highest point on Exmoor at 519m,  the Doone Valley, made famous by R D Blackmore’s historical novel Lorna Doone and was the location of Ashley Combe, the home Ada Byron Lovelace – recognised as one of the first computer programmers, though the main house is no longer there the gatehouse and some smaller building remain.

Exmoor has a wealth of walks both on the coast and in the surrounding villages. It also includes sections of The Coleridge Way which begins in Nether Stowey and follows the footsteps of Coleridge, and William and Dorothy Wordsworth for 51 miles and takes hikers to Lynmouth in Devon.

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Carpenters Cottage
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Lowerbourne Terrace Porlock
Lowerbourne Terrace accommodation Porlock
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The Dog House
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Yarn Market Hotel
The Yarn Market Hotel, Dunster
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Dunster Beach Holidays Ltd
Dunster beach chalets
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Rosanda House Holiday Flats
Rosanda House Holiday Flats, Minehead
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Little Knapp Holiday Cottage
Little Knapp Cottage
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The Railway Hut
The Railway Hut
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Base Lodge
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Baytree Bed and Breakfast
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The Luttrell Arms Hotel
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Little House
The Little House, Porlock
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Lorna Doone Hotel
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Montrose Guest House
Montrose Guesthouse, Minehead
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Orchard Escapes Exmoor
Orchard Escapes Yurt, Somerset
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Woodcombe Lodges & Cottages
Woodcombe Lodge, Minehead
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Croydon Hall Hotel
Croydon Hall
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Croydon House
Croydon House, near Minehead
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Milbanke
Milbanke accommodation
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Lovelace
Lovelace, Porlock
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Exmoor Wellbeing Centre
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The Pack Horse Exmoor
Bridge by The Pack Horse in Allerford, Exmoor
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Holi Moli Beach Hut
Holi Moli Beach Hut, Dunster Beach
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Woodlands at Porlock Weir
Woodlands at Porlock Weir, Accommodation
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Bossington Hall
Bossington Hall luxury B&B accommodation in Porlock
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