Above:- The Beauty of Culbone Hill
in the Autumn
Exmoor National Park
Exmoor
has an abundance of natural delights. Exmoor is truly
an unspoilt natural garden of Eden. Step off the treadmill
and escape to Exmoor....relax... unwind.. refresh mind,
body and soul.
Exmoor
is adored by the few who have found her and waiting
to be discovered by many more. We invite you to come
and explore the moor, the pretty villages and bustling
coastal resorts.
Exmoor
National Park
Exmoor is a top quality destination
and one of the most beautiful places on earth, steeped
in history, folklore and tradition, so come and escape
to 265 square miles of unparalleled natural beauty,
spectacular scenery and endless views, from deep wooded
combes with sparkling streams to towering cliffs and
hidden coves.
Visit Exmoor's picturesque
friendly villages with good food pubs, Winsford, Exford,
Wheddon Cross, Brompton Regis, Selworthy, Bossington,
Allerford, Dunster, Dunster Castle,
Lynton and Lynmouth
is often called England's little Switzerland. Visit
Porlock and Porlock
Weir wander along Porlock Shingle Ridge and
up to Hurlstone Point.
Dulverton is home
to the headquarters of Exmoor National Park
Authority.
www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
Dulverton is the charming southern gateway town leading
in to Exmoor National Park is also where the film "The
Land Girls" was made. Dulverton is a delightful
small, friendly town and home to renowned several good
food restaurants, intresting and unique shops.
Minehead
is a bustling clean and affluent coastal resort overflowing
with flowers during the summer months. Minehead has
lots of good shops, restaurants, inns, a theatre, a
links golf course and Butlins Holiday Park. The South
West Coast Path wends it's way round Minehead Bay and
then onto North Hill. Wonderful views can be enjoyed
from North Hill and Grabbist.
Exmoor has six hundred
miles of footpaths and bridleways for you to eplore.
They criss cross acres of heather clad moorland, down
deep wooded combes, over privatly owned farmland. Exmoor
ponies and Exmoor red deer take a wildlife safari to
see the red deer. www.exmoorponysociety.org.uk
Drive across the open moor to the
4 mile long Blue Flag rated beach of Woolacombe
and Putsborough, Both
are ideal for small children and surfers alike. Visit
the unique Braunton Burrows. Walk the spectacular South
West Coastal Path around Martinhoe,
Ilfracombe and Combe
Martin. Go deep into unspoilt countryside to
the market town of South Molton.
Shop till you drop at the busy towns of Barnstaple or
Taunton. Visit the National Trust properties of
Dunster Castle, Knightshayes
Court at Tiverton,
Arlington Court
at Barnstaple
all of which have wonderful gardens as does
the quite outstanding RHS garden at Rosemoor near Great
Torrington. Many other lovely gardens, including
Marwood near Barnstaple, the Lutyens garden of Hestercombe
at Taunton, Docton Mill at Hartland and Tapley Court
outside Bideford.
North Devon
has been recognised as having the UK's first new-style
UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve.
It is now an area of international importance because
of its diversity and abundance of rare plants and human
use from ancient times. There are six walks taking in
Braunton Burrows and covering - marshes, dunes and the
Taw and Torridge estuary.
The Exmoor Producers Association
Take home or buy online from Exmoor Producers. The
EPA was set up in 1995 to actively promote the wide
range of businesses that are producing goods in the
greater Exmoor area. It has around 60 members, who make
a wide variety of goods for sale. Members include artists,
crafts people, food producers and miscellaneous businesses
that are producing goods on and around Exmoor. Whilst
many of these are selling to the tourist and resident
markets through local outlets, others are selling nationally
and overseas. www.exmoor-producers.co.uk
Take a boat trip, play golf at the
links course in Minehead or on several golf courses
in North Devon. Ride on a steam train at the or the
famous cliff railway at Lynton & Lynmouth - , Ride
the Tarka Trail, or on the back of a horse. Don't forget
the lovely green and gentle Brendon hills. Go fishing
and sailing on several different reservoirs. Wimbleball
Lake also has a children's play area.
Visit 28 different attractions like,
Rosemoor Gardens, Tapley Park, Clovelly, Cleeve Abbey,
Arlington Court, Dunster Castle, Dunster Watermill,
Dartington Crystal, Combe Sydenham, Watermouth Castle,
Once upon a Time, Milky Way, Tropiquaria, Quince Honey
Farm, Sheppy's Cider Farm, Cobbaton Combat Collection,
Combe Martin Motor Cycle Collection, Coldharbour Mill,
Exmoor Brass Rubbing, Tarka Cycle Hire, Secret World,
Exmoor Steam Railway, Exmoor Zoological Park and the
North Devon Leisure Centre. For more information about
Exmoor Attractions visit www.exmoorattractions.com
Take a day trip aboard MS Oldenburg
to magical Lundy Island It is a wildlife and birdwatchers
paradise. You can stay here too, Stay in a Devon lighthouse,
a castle, a campsite, even a
converted pigsty.
Take a pleasure cruise from Minehead
harbour relax aboard the Balmoral
the worlds only sea goingpaddle
steamer the Waverley.
Cruises start from Minehead,
Watchet and Ilfracombe
harbours passing - Porlock Weir,
Woody Bay, Martinhoe,
Lee Bay, Glenthorne, Foreland Point, Lynton & Lynmouth,
Great Hangman, Heddon's Mouth
Combe Martin, cruises pass Hele,
Lee Bay , Morthoe, Morte Point and Baggy
Point . These Exmoor coastal cruises give you
a close-up look at the United Kingdom's
highest coastline which is in a ' hog's back' outline
, offering you varied and breathtaking scenery - from
hidden coves and waterfalls to vertical old
Devonian cliff faces, extensive ancient
coastal woodland and heathland growing down to the coastline.
Sea birds galore - jays, fulmars, guillemots, oystercatchers,
razorbills, peregrine falcons, woodpecker's - all are
found along the stunning North
Devon and Somerset
coastline.
The Exmoor Society is
a registered charity dedicated to the conservation,
protection and sustainability of this beautiful and
unique environment. www.exmoorsociety.com
Whatever your interest, you're sure
to find lots and lots to see and do - all within about
an hours drive of wherever you choose to stay. This
corner of the UK offers something for everyone the air
is pure the night skies clear and the scenery spectacular
- Exmoor National Park
offers you space, tranquility and a place to think away
from the stresses of a hetic life...escape to
Exmoor.
Or just stand still at the top of
Dunkery Beacon for a 360
degree virtual tour - turn north and look out over the
Bristol Channel
and over o Wales, easterly
the Quantocks Hills come
in to view. On a clear day the outline of Dartmoor
is in the west. Look south for extensive views of all
of the land between Exmoor and the South
coast, a more breathtaking
view would be hard to find. Escape alone at dawn or
dusk wander to the top of Dunkery Beacon to feel Exmoor's
magic and understand why this natural Eden is a very
special place.
Churches
Oare
has an interesting church,Culbone
Church for a wonderful setting
in an inaccessible place... this ancient church is reputed
to be the smallest in England. Selworthy
church probably has the finest view in all of England.
Stoke Pero is hidden
away in a lovely moorland location. Dating from before
1242 St Dubricious at Porlock contains some fine monuments.
EXMOOR ... easy to find ... hard to
leave
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