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in the county of Somerset

About Pooltown

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

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

(5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction W of Pooltown)

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

Minehead

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

(5.4 miles, 8.8 km, direction N of Pooltown)

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.....

The edge of Exmoor

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

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction NW of Pooltown)

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

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction NW of Pooltown)

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

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

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction E of Pooltown)

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...

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Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

Dunster Castle & Garden (46 Pictures)

(3.7 miles, 6.0 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.....

Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Somerset, dating from 1000 BC

Tarr Steps (9 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction SW)

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

Porlock Bay

Exmoor National Park (107 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction W)

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

Halsway Manor Children's Festival

Halsway Manor (4 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction E)

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

Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills (216 Pictures)

(9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction E)

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

Watersmeet near Lynmouth, North Devon

Watersmeet (36 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 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.....

Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction SE)

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


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