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Exmoor National Park


Real rarities stack the shelves here: bread made with Exmoor ale, cheese and wholegrain-mustard; Somerset cider cake; venison and port pie. Note the typically Exmoor warning: 'Game pies may contain lead shot'.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Exmoor National Park attractions

1. Exmoor Pony Centre

2.12 MILES

You’ll see them cantering across the open moor, but this is a great way to get up close to Exmoor’s stubby ponies. Originally bred as beasts of burden,…

2. Tarr Steps

3.73 MILES

Exmoor's most famous landmark is an ancient stone clapper bridge shaded by gnarled old trees. Its huge slabs are propped up on stone columns embedded in…

3. Knightshayes Court

8.64 MILES

For full-blown Victorian architectural excess, Knightshayes Court delivers in spades. It was designed by the eccentric architect William Burges for the…

4. Grand Western Canal

10.32 MILES

Built in 1814, the canal that meanders around the hills above Tiverton provides an intriguing insight into life on constructed inland waterways. Tub-boats…

5. Watermill

10.53 MILES

Most of the original cogs, wheels and grinding stones continue to rotate in this working 18th-century mill. There's a picturesque riverside tearoom…

6. Dunster Castle

10.64 MILES

Rosy-hued Dunster Castle crowns a densely wooded hill. Built by the Luttrell family, which once owned much of northern Exmoor, the oldest sections are…

7. St George's Church

10.69 MILES

Dunster’s beautiful church dates mostly from the 15th century and boasts an intricately carved fan-vaulted rood screen. Just behind the church is a 16th…

8. Cleeve Abbey

11.25 MILES

Most visitors buzz straight past tiny, tumbledown Cleeve Abbey, but it’s one of the best examples of traditional Cistercian architecture in southwest…