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Quantocks

Holford (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (9.8 miles, 15.7 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...

Blue Anchor, Somerset

Blue Anchor (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (10.2 miles, 16.4 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.....

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

Winsford (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction W)

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

Minehead quayside cottages.

Minehead (148 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (13.3 miles, 21.4 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.....

Broadhembury Shop and Tea-room

Broadhembury (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (14.6 miles, 23.4 km, direction S)

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

The Town Bridge, Bridgwater, Somerset

Bridgwater (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction E)

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...

Church of All Saints

Selworthy Green (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (15.4 miles, 24.7 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...

Porlock.

Porlock (52 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction NW)

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

Porlock Weir

Porlock Weir (57 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (18.5 miles, 29.7 km, direction NW)

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.....

Donyatt Halt

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction SE)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (20.0 miles, 32.2 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..

Langport

Langport (7 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (21.1 miles, 34.0 km, direction E)

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

Church in Mariansleigh, Devon

Mariansleigh (2 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (21.3 miles, 34.2 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...

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

Pinhoe (1 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (22.0 miles, 35.4 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...

Axminster, Devon

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (22.8 miles, 36.6 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...

Crediton Church, Devon

Crediton (16 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (22.8 miles, 36.7 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...

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (23.5 miles, 37.8 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.....

A panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (27.4 miles, 44.1 km, direction SE)

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Beach huts

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (27.7 miles, 44.6 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.....

Recommended attractions near Wiveliscombe

Halsway Manor Children's Festival

Halsway Manor (4 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 11.8 km, direction NE)

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

Field with Black Down Hills, Devon

Black Down Hills (8 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction S)

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Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.3 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)

(9.5 miles, 15.2 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.....

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

The Blackdown Hills (21 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction SE)

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

Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

Dunster Castle & Garden (46 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.9 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.....

Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Somerset, dating from 1000 BC

Tarr Steps (9 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction W)

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)

(16.3 miles, 26.3 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.....

Where are the birds?

Killerton (50 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.7 km, direction S)

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

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(20.5 miles, 33.0 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.....

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

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(21.0 miles, 33.7 km, direction SE)

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

Amur leopard

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

(21.8 miles, 35.0 km, direction SE)

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

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(22.6 miles, 36.3 km, direction SE)

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Watersmeet near Lynmouth, North Devon

Watersmeet (36 Pictures)

(24.5 miles, 39.5 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.....

Sunset, Birnbeck Pier,Weston-Super-Mare

Birnbeck Pier (1 Pictures)

(25.6 miles, 41.2 km, direction NE)

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