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About Bampton

Bampton is a pleasant little Market town situated at the junction of the Rivers Batherm and Exe. It is particularly noted for it's Pony fair held each October when ponies that have been culled from the wild herds that roam on the moor, are sold.

The town has an interesting parish church which was built in the year 1300. The interior has effects dating from the 16th-century and these include a pulpit and an intricate carved rood and tower screen. A north aisle was added when the church was rebuilt in the 15th-century.

Bampton, is beautifully set in rich open countryside, it is in close proximity to Oakfordbridge, Exebridge and Dulverton, Wimbleball Reservoir is close-by, so too, are the picturesque Brendon Hills. This is glorious countryside, it is a joy to visit at any time of year.

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

Winsford (3 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction N of Bampton)

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

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Broadhembury (7 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction SE of Bampton)

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

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Minehead (148 Pictures) a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset

(14.9 miles, 23.9 km, direction N of Bampton)

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 Green (30 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction N of Bampton)

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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Porlock (52 Pictures) a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset

(15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction N of Bampton)

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

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Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Somerset, dating from 1000 BC

Tarr Steps (9 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 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.....

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Exmoor National Park (107 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.5 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.....

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Dunster Castle & Garden (46 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.7 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.....

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Killerton (50 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction S)

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

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

The Blackdown Hills (21 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction E)

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

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Halsway Manor (4 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.2 km, direction NE)

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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Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction E)

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


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