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A picture of, Llanberis, North Wales.

Llanberis

in the county of Gwynedd

Ingress Park

Greenhithe

in the county of Kent

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St Audries Manor in West Quantoxhead

West Quantoxhead

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction E)

The parish of West Quantoxhead lies on the northern slopes of the Quantock Hills, approximately ¾ mile from the Bristol Channel. It sits on the A39 road from Bridgwater to.....

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Blue Anchor, Somerset

Blue Anchor

(3.5 miles, 5.7 km, direction NW)

Blue Anchor in Somerset is a village dominated by the bay in which it is named after, and by the Hoburn Holiday Park, a quiet well kept park for holiday makers that sits just.....

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Thatched houses in the village of Holford on the edge of the Quantock hills, Somerset

Holford

(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction E)

Holford lies in a peaceful wooded valley at the foot of the lovely Quantock Hills crowning the landscape where the county of Somerset sweeps towards the coast...

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Pooltown near Kingsbridge, Somerset

Pooltown

(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction W)

A small hamlet near Luxborough, Somerset. The name 'Pooltown' comes from the large number of pools found there along the Washford River...

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Playing on the beach.

Minehead

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction NW)

Minehead is a quintessential English seaside resort on the beautiful Somerset coast whose mild climate has been a magnet for visitors since Victorian times. At the end of Quay.....

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Selworthy

Selworthy Green

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction W)

Selworthy Green is the start of a picturesque walk through steep woodlands to the gorse-gold and heather clad summit of Selworthy Beacon from which there are magnificent views over the undulating countryside...

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Luccombe village, Somerset

Luccombe

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction W)

There really could be no finer example of the perfect English village than Luccombe....

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A packhorse bridge in the village of Winsford on Exmoor National Park, Somerset.

Winsford

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction W)

One of the prettiest and most unspoilt of villages, steeped in history and mentioned in the Domesday book..

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Porlock Bus service.

Porlock

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction W)

Once, long before the 11th-century when the sea receded the village of Porlock was a Port....

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View over Exmoor's Coastline.

Porlock Weir

(14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction W)

The fickle seas of the Middle Ages caused neighbouring Porlock's harbour to dry up giving Porlock Weir the opportunity to open up as a small port. These day's Porlock Weir is.....

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Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction E)

This beautiful range of hills is a part of England where stags and deer can still be seen roaming freely. In many ways the.....

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Halsway Manor Children's Festival

Halsway Manor

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction E)

Halsway Manor is unique residential Folk Centre set on the southern slopes of the Quantock Hills in West Somerset. Set in.....

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Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

Dunster Castle & Garden

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction W)

The high walls of Dunster Castle look down over the quaint village of Dunster from its imperious setting atop of a classically.....

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Dunster Watermill

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction W)

Fully restored 18th century working watermill...

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Bishops Lydeard Station.

West Somerset Railway

(7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction NW)

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Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey

Coleridge Cottage

(7.2 miles, 11.7 km, direction E)

Home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge...

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Twisted roots

Fyne Court

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction SE)

Nature reserve and visitor centre. Headquarters of the Somerset Wildlife Trust...

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Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction SE)

The turbulent past of historic Taunton Castle, is masked by its transformation into a luxurious comfortable hotel with an award.....

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Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Somerset, dating from 1000 BC

Tarr Steps

(13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction SW)

A Prehistoric bridge dating from 1000 BC. The bridge crosses the river Barle with some of its stones weighing 5 tonnes, and said.....

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Porlock Bay

Exmoor National Park

(14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction W)

A castle perched high above the sea dominates the north-eastern corner of Exmoor. For hundreds of years Dunster Castle has stood.....

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