| Minehead is small and compact with tree lined avenues and great floral displays in the
summer.
There
is a beach and harbour with a seafront. Live
music in Blenheim Gardens every weekend through
the summer.
-Travelling time 10 minutes
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Out
of town, Exmoor and the Quantock Hills are close
by. Popular walking, cycling, and horse
riding destinations. |
Dunster has a magnificent 13th century castle and the octagonal Yarn Market in the centre of the village.
-Travelling time 5 minutes.
The picture postcard harbour village of Watchet is well worth a visit with its new marina and it is a fossil collectors paradise.
-Travelling time 10 minutes. |
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Visit Lynton and use the funicular railway down the steep cliff to reach Lynmouth nestling at the bottom, a pretty seaside resort, with spectacular walking up Watersmeet Gorge next to the tumbling water.
-Travelling time 45 minutes. |
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The West Somerset Railway based at Minehead runs 20 miles through some beautiful rural landscapes.
The distant trains can be watched from the Gardens
at Cedar House, as they climb Washford Bank. |
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places of interest within easy reach: |
- Bakelite
Museum - Williton
- Cheddar
Gorge and
Wookey Hole caves
- Cleeve
Abbey - Washford
- Doone
Valley - pony trekking
- Dunkery
Beacon
- highest point on Exmoor
- Glastonbury
Tor and Wells
Cathedral
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Tarr
Steps - prehisoric clapper bridge
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Porlock
Weir and harbour
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Taunton
- county town with race course and
home ground of Somerset County Cricket
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Selworthy
National Trust Village
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Washford
Station Railway Museum
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