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Recommended Towns & Villages near Bampton

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)

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

Church in Mariansleigh, Devon

Mariansleigh (2 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (13.1 miles, 21.1 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...

Blue Anchor, Somerset

Blue Anchor (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (13.9 miles, 22.4 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.....

Broadhembury Village, Devon

Broadhembury (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction SE)

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

Minehead station

Minehead (148 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (14.9 miles, 23.9 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.....

Country road outside Crediton

Crediton (16 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (15.3 miles, 24.6 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...

The edge of Exmoor

Selworthy Green (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (15.5 miles, 24.9 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...

Porlock.

Porlock (52 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction N)

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

Porlock Weir, Somerset

Porlock Weir (57 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction N)

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.....

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

Pinhoe (1 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (17.2 miles, 27.7 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...

Quantocks

Holford (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (17.6 miles, 28.3 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. Peters Church at Zeal Monachorum, Devon

Zeal Monachorum (4 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (18.7 miles, 30.1 km, direction SW)

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

Exeter

Exeter (236 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Devon (18.8 miles, 30.3 km, direction S)

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...

Chittlehamholt, Devon

Chittlehamholt (1 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (18.9 miles, 30.5 km, direction W)

Chittlehamholt is a lovely peaceful village lying in unspoilt countryside close to the River Taw...

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (22.8 miles, 36.7 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..

The marina

Bridgwater (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (23.3 miles, 37.5 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...

Quintessentially English

Drewsteignton (43 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (23.7 miles, 38.2 km, direction SW)

This attractive village is one of the most beautifully laid out of all Devon villages with pretty cottages set around a fine village square...

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (25.2 miles, 40.5 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.....

Axminster, Devon

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (26.0 miles, 41.8 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...

Chagford, Devon. The Three Crowns Hotel

Chagford (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (26.7 miles, 42.9 km, direction SW)

With haunting scenery, quaint cottages, pretty streets and alleyways Chagford has something for everyone...

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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.....

Field with Black Down Hills, Devon

Black Down Hills (8 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SE)

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Porlock Bay

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.....

Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

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.....

Where are the birds?

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.....

Halsway Manor Children's Festival

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.....

Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

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.....

Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills (216 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.8 km, direction NE)

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

Exeter Cathedral, Devon

Exeter Cathedral (98 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction S)

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Watersmeet near Lynmouth, North Devon

Watersmeet (36 Pictures)

(21.1 miles, 34.0 km, direction NW)

This is a delightful fishing lodge from 1823 located at the picturesque spot in the East Lyn Valley where the waters of the River.....

Valley of rocks near Lynton, Devon

The Valley of Rocks (22 Pictures)

(23.1 miles, 37.2 km, direction NW)

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

Blackbury Camp (18 Pictures)

(23.5 miles, 37.8 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.....

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

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(23.6 miles, 37.9 km, direction SE)

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

Castle Drogo, Near Exeter, Devon

Castle Drogo (22 Pictures)

(24.3 miles, 39.1 km, direction SW)

Fortune rarely smiles on people the way it did on Sir Julius Drewe. In 1899 at the age of 33 he was able to retire from the.....

Spinster's Rock, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor, County Devon, England

Spinster's Rock (1 Pictures)

(25.0 miles, 40.2 km, direction SW)

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Pecorama gardens

Pecorama (20 Pictures)

(26.4 miles, 42.5 km, direction SE)

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


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