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The Drewe Arms, Broadhembury

Broadhembury (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction SE)

Broadhembury is an idyllic village which is an oasis of calm and beauty lying at the edge of the Blackdown Hills...

St. Michael & All Angels Church, Pinhoe near Exeter in Devon.

Pinhoe (1 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (13.8 miles, 22.1 km, direction S)

Pinhoe now fringes the urban sprawl of Exeter, but there was a time when it was a place standing alone with its own identity...

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

Winsford (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction NW)

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

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction SE)

Charming village in the Devonshire countryside with a wonderful old thatched pub serving excellent food and a fantastic church. Well worth a look..

Country road outside Crediton

Crediton (16 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction SW)

Always a beautiful place, Crediton must have been awesome in the year AD674 when legend tells us that St. Boniface was born here as plain Winfrith...

Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon

Exeter (236 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Devon (16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction SW)

Exeter is a bustling city in the heart of the county of Devon. It's mix of modern and functional with old and cultural makes for an interesting place to live, and to visit...

Blue Anchor, Somerset

Blue Anchor (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (17.6 miles, 28.4 km, direction N)

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.....

Bumble on Common Cat's Ear.

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction E)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

A sign post in the village of Holford on the edge of the Quantock hills in somerset

Holford (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction NE)

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...

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (18.0 miles, 29.0 km, direction SE)

The town of Colyton, in Devon, first appeared as an ancient village around 700 AD and appeared inthe Doomsday Book as 'Culitone'. It was once described as "the most rebellious.....

Church at Axminster, Devon

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (18.8 miles, 30.2 km, direction SE)

Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon...

Church in Mariansleigh, Devon

Mariansleigh (2 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (19.3 miles, 31.1 km, direction W)

This charming tiny village is set in lovely rural mid-Devonshire countryside within a short distance from the meandering River Mole in the beautiful Mole Valley, and the picturesque Crooked Oak stream...

Axmouth, Devon. Winter Sunset.

Axmouth (16 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction SE)

This quiet resort of colourwashed cottages sitting at the edge of the River Axe was once an important south Devon port...

Balloon seller

Seaton (312 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Devon (19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction SE)

The town is mostly Victorian and Edwardian in character, you only have to cast your eyes above today's modern shop fronts to see handsome overhanging bay windows which belong firmly to another era...

Bus and Bikes.

Minehead (148 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (19.9 miles, 32.0 km, direction N)

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.....

Bridgwater

Bridgwater (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (20.7 miles, 33.4 km, direction NE)

Bridgwater emerged from a village of the Middle Ages to become a prosperous river-port. Later, it became known as the place where Monmouth proclaimed himself King...

The edge of Exmoor

Selworthy Green (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (21.2 miles, 34.2 km, direction N)

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...

St. Peters Church at Zeal Monachorum, Devon

Zeal Monachorum (4 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (21.7 miles, 35.0 km, direction W)

Set amid the rolling agricultural heartland of Devon, Zeal Monachorum is the very epitome of the perfect, tranquil Devonian village...

Porlock Weir, Porlock, Somerset

Porlock (52 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (22.0 miles, 35.5 km, direction NW)

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

A curious light on the harbour

Lyme Regis (276 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (23.2 miles, 37.3 km, direction SE)

Almost the first thing you notice about this pleasant seaside resort, is the spaciousness of the town. The second, and nothing can prepare you for this, is the sheer scale of Lyme Bay with its splendid views towards the rugged sandstone cliffs west of Eype Mouth...

Recommended attractions near Ayshford

Field with Black Down Hills, Devon

Black Down Hills (8 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction E)

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Snowdrops at Otterhead. The Blackdown hills in the county of Somerset, England

The Blackdown Hills (21 Pictures)

(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction E)

Fascinating scenic area where you can enjoy an extraordinary variety of scenery ranging from tiny coppices to vast woodlands, all.....

Where are the birds?

Killerton (50 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction SW)

Walking towards the handsome Georgian property known as Killerton House, you get only a hint of the surprises awaiting you.....

Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction NE)

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

Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Somerset, dating from 1000 BC

Tarr Steps (9 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction NW)

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

Halsway Manor Children's Festival

Halsway Manor (4 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction N)

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

Exeter Cathedral, Devon

Exeter Cathedral (98 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction SW)

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Loughwood Meeting House, Dalwood, Near Axminster, Devon. Owned by the National Trust

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(16.3 miles, 26.3 km, direction SE)

17th-century thatched Baptist meeting house, constructed approx 1653...

Blackberry Camp. - Iron age settlement near - Beer. Devon

Blackbury Camp (18 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction SE)

Blackbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort situated in Southleigh, Devon, England. The hillfort was built during the 4th century and.....

Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills (216 Pictures)

(17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction N)

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

Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

Dunster Castle & Garden (46 Pictures)

(18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction N)

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

Pecorama gardens

Pecorama (20 Pictures)

(19.5 miles, 31.3 km, direction SE)

Pecorama offers a real treat for everyone visiting Beer, a pretty coastal resort which was once the haunt of Smugglers. This.....

A La Ronde in Exmouth, Devon

A La Ronde (3 Pictures)

(19.7 miles, 31.7 km, direction S)

This fascinating 16 sided house is a relic from 1796. It was built for two spinster cousins Jane and Mary Parminter and was to.....

Porlock Bay

Exmoor National Park (107 Pictures)

(19.7 miles, 31.7 km, direction NW)

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

Powderham Castle Gardens July 2005

Powderham Castle (13 Pictures)

(20.1 miles, 32.4 km, direction S)

Built over 600 years ago, Powderham Castle is the historic home of the Earl of Devon. The Castle is still lived in by the.....

Forde Abbey, nr Chard, Somerset. A former Cistercian foundation. Photo taken September 1991.

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(20.5 miles, 33.0 km, direction E)

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Amur leopard

The Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas (2 Pictures)

(20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction E)

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Fairlynch Arts Centre & Museum, Budleigh Salterton, Devon

Fairlynch Arts Centre & Museum (1 Pictures)

(20.7 miles, 33.3 km, direction S)

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Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(21.8 miles, 35.1 km, direction E)

Barrington Court is an attractive 16th-century house built in the engaging "E" shaped style of the period in mellow Ham Hill.....

A view of the Marine Aquarium on the old Cobb with Lyme regis, Dorset, in the background.

Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (1 Pictures)

(23.0 miles, 37.1 km, direction SE)

Where better to see and learn about the creatures of the deep than in an aquarium suite set tantalizingly beside the sea. Well,.....


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