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St Andrews Church, Withypool

Withypool

(2.7 miles, 4.3 km, direction NW)

R.D.Blackmore wrote part of Lorna Doone in the bar of the Royal Oak in Withypool and the famous artist Alfred Munnings had a studio in the loft..

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

Winsford

(2.9 miles, 4.6 km, direction NE)

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

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Pooltown near Kingsbridge, Somerset

Pooltown

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction NE)

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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Stoney Street

Luccombe

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction N)

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

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Porlock.

Porlock

(9.2 miles, 14.9 km, direction N)

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

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Selworthy Green, Somerset

Selworthy Green

(9.8 miles, 15.7 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...

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Church in Mariansleigh, Devon

Mariansleigh

(10.0 miles, 16.2 km, direction SW)

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...

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Porlock Weir

Porlock Weir

(10.1 miles, 16.2 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.....

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Culbone Church (St Breuno's)

Culbone

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction N)

A small hamlet that is not accessible by car. St Culbone's Church is the smallest parish church in England...

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Oare Bridge, Exmoor.

Oare

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction NW)

Thus, it was unsurprising to learn that this was the setting for R.D.Blackmore's famous novel, Lorna Doone...

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Porlock Bay

Exmoor National Park

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction N)

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 Watermill

(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction NE)

Fully restored 18th century working watermill...

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Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

Dunster Castle & Garden

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction NE)

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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Honey bees

Quince Honey Farm

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction W)

Here in our world famous Honey Farm you can stand and watch these wild and wonderful creatures from the distant past. The.....

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Bishops Lydeard Station.

West Somerset Railway

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction NE)

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Ornamental pond

Knightshayes Court

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction SE)

Victorian country house with richly decorated interiors and garden with outstanding plant collection...

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Tiverton Castle

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction SE)

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Watersmeet near Lynmouth, North Devon

Watersmeet

(13.1 miles, 21.1 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.....

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Canal Basin Clouds

Grand Western Canal Country Park

(13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction SE)

Located in the heart of Devon, the Grand Western Canal Country Park eleven and a quarter miles long, with the canal following the.....

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Bakerlite Museum Williton, Somerset

Bakelite Museum

(13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction NE)

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