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A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction S)

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

Frost

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction E)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

Crossing by the Brush Works

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (6.9 miles, 11.1 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...

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction S)

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.....

Broadhembury Post Office and Village Store, Devon

Broadhembury (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction W)

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

Seaton

Axmouth (16 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (10.5 miles, 17.0 km, direction S)

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 (11.3 miles, 18.1 km, direction S)

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...

Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (276 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (11.7 miles, 18.8 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...

Jurassic coast  Charmouth

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction SE)

This pretty resort grew up in a gap of cliffs overlooking picturesque Lyme Bay. In the days prior to the motor car it was a fashionable coaching stop. One illustrious visitor of.....

A panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction SE)

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St Mary's Church, Netherbury, Dorset

Netherbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction E)

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A View of Seatown

Seatown (33 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction SE)

Seatown is a small Hamlet along Dorset's famous Jurassic Coast and is popular with fossil hunters. It has a clean and quiet shingle beach (no dogs allowed) and is a good location.....

A picture of Martock

Martock (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction NE)

The interior of Martock's Ham-stone church is perhaps the grandest in all Somerset, the startling effect of the golden stone against the most lavishly decorated of the county's great tie-beam roofs is simply overwhelming...

Langport in Somerset. All Saints church on the hill overlooking the town

Langport (7 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (16.0 miles, 25.7 km, direction NE)

This old town cradled at the heart of the Somerset Levels, sits bounded by the soft rolling Somerset countryside...

A picture of Bridport

Bridport (32 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction SE)

Bridport can be classed as having everything to please the holiday maker, it has a strong nautical atmosphere born of its long association with the sea, and its history as a flourishing rope making town during the great age of sailing ships...

West Bay

West Bay (147 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction SE)

West Bay nestles at the western end of spectacular Chesil Beach whose billions of pebbles have been a constant source of fascination for centuries...

The marina

Bridgwater (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction N)

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...

A picture of Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock (56 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction SE)

This in one of the most enchanting villages to be found along the sweeping Dorset coast. It has gorgeous little lanes where there are eye catching thatched cottages with walls.....

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

Pinhoe (1 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (19.3 miles, 31.0 km, direction SW)

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

Hardy's Dorset

Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (20.7 miles, 33.4 km, direction E)

A long, winding lane, flanked by grassy banks covered in fern and wild flowers, leads to the picture postcard village of Melbury Osmond..

Recommended attractions near Yarcombe

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

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction S)

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

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

The Blackdown Hills (21 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction NW)

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

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

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction E)

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Amur leopard

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

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction E)

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Field with Black Down Hills, Devon

Black Down Hills (8 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction NW)

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Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction N)

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

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

Blackbury Camp (18 Pictures)

(10.4 miles, 16.8 km, direction S)

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

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction NE)

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)

(11.5 miles, 18.6 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,.....

Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis Museum (2 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction SE)

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Pecorama gardens

Pecorama (20 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction S)

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

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.3 km, direction E)

This is one of the most glittering of all the great Elizabethan mansions in England. It is built of glowing honey-coloured Ham.....

Where are the birds?

Killerton (50 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 27.9 km, direction W)

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

Fairlynch Arts Centre & Museum, Budleigh Salterton, Devon

Fairlynch Arts Centre & Museum (1 Pictures)

(19.7 miles, 31.7 km, direction SW)

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Halsway Manor Children's Festival

Halsway Manor (4 Pictures)

(20.1 miles, 32.4 km, direction N)

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

Lytes Cary Manor, June 2009

Lytes Cary Manor (42 Pictures)

(21.1 miles, 34.0 km, direction NE)

Intimate manor house with Arts & Crafts-style garden. Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel, this was home to medieval.....

A La Ronde in Exmouth, Devon

A La Ronde (3 Pictures)

(21.2 miles, 34.1 km, direction SW)

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

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum (3 Pictures)

(21.9 miles, 35.2 km, direction NE)

The Fleet Air Arm Museum houses Europe's largest Naval aviation collection. Go on-board Concorde and be transported by a.....

Exeter Cathedral, Devon

Exeter Cathedral (98 Pictures)

(22.2 miles, 35.7 km, direction SW)

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Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills (216 Pictures)

(22.4 miles, 36.0 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.....


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