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Recommended Towns & Villages near Sampford Moor

Broadhembury Shop and Tea-room

Broadhembury (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction S)

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

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (13.8 miles, 22.1 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..

Frost

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (14.6 miles, 23.4 km, direction SE)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

Holford, Quantock Hills

Holford (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction N)

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...

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

Winsford (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction NW)

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

Bridgwater Canal

Bridgwater (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (16.7 miles, 26.9 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...

Crossing by the Brush Works

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (16.7 miles, 26.9 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...

Blue Anchor, Somerset

Blue Anchor (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (16.8 miles, 27.0 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.....

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (17.0 miles, 27.3 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.....

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

Pinhoe (1 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (17.1 miles, 27.4 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...

Seaton

Axmouth (16 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (18.8 miles, 30.3 km, direction SE)

This quiet resort of colourwashed cottages sitting at the edge of the River Axe was once an important south Devon port...

Church

Seaton (312 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Devon (19.1 miles, 30.8 km, direction SE)

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...

Playing on the beach.

Minehead (148 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (19.7 miles, 31.8 km, direction NW)

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 frozen Exeter Canal

Exeter (236 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Devon (19.9 miles, 32.1 km, direction SW)

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...

Langport

Langport (7 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (20.0 miles, 32.2 km, direction E)

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

Country road outside Crediton

Crediton (16 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (20.1 miles, 32.4 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...

Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (276 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (21.4 miles, 34.4 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...

Selworthy

Selworthy Green (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (21.6 miles, 34.8 km, direction NW)

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...

Charmouth, Dorset

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (21.8 miles, 35.0 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 (22.2 miles, 35.6 km, direction SE)

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Recommended attractions near Sampford Moor

Field with Black Down Hills, Devon

Black Down Hills (8 Pictures)

(1.7 miles, 2.8 km, direction S)

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

The Blackdown Hills (21 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction E)

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

Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction NE)

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

Halsway Manor Children's Festival

Halsway Manor (4 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction N)

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

Where are the birds?

Killerton (50 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction SW)

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

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

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction SE)

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

Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills (216 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.7 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.....

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

Blackbury Camp (18 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 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.....

Amur leopard

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

(17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction E)

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Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Somerset, dating from 1000 BC

Tarr Steps (9 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 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.....

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

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(17.5 miles, 28.1 km, direction SE)

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Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

Dunster Castle & Garden (46 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction NW)

The high walls of Dunster Castle look down over the quaint village of Dunster from its imperious setting atop of a classically.....

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction E)

Barrington Court is an attractive 16th-century house built in the engaging "E" shaped style of the period in mellow Ham Hill.....

Pecorama gardens

Pecorama (20 Pictures)

(19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction S)

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

Exeter Cathedral, Devon

Exeter Cathedral (98 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction SW)

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A view of the Marine Aquarium on the old Cobb with Lyme regis, Dorset, in the background.

Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (1 Pictures)

(21.3 miles, 34.2 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,.....

Porlock Bay

Exmoor National Park (107 Pictures)

(21.4 miles, 34.4 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.....

Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis Museum (2 Pictures)

(21.5 miles, 34.6 km, direction SE)

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A La Ronde in Exmouth, Devon

A La Ronde (3 Pictures)

(22.2 miles, 35.6 km, direction S)

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

Powderham Castle Gardens July 2005

Powderham Castle (13 Pictures)

(23.0 miles, 37.0 km, direction SW)

Built over 600 years ago, Powderham Castle is the historic home of the Earl of Devon. The Castle is still lived in by the.....


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