Millstream Cottage

Exmoor National Park


In the 1600s this was Dunster's workhouse; now it's a sweet-as-pie guesthouse with country-cottage-style rooms. Enjoy a cream tea on arrival, smoked haddock for breakfast and an oh-so-comfy guest lounge where you can snooze in front of the wood burner.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Exmoor National Park attractions

1. Watermill

0.13 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…

2. Dunster Castle

0.13 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…

3. St George's Church

0.14 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…

4. West Somerset Railway

2.01 MILES

The steam trains of this vintage railway are a fine way to see the Somerset countryside. The 20-mile route runs from it's base at Minehead to Bishops…

5. Cleeve Abbey

4.08 MILES

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

6. Holnicote Estate

4.89 MILES

The 50-sq-km Holnicote Estate sweeps southeast out of Porlock, taking in a string of impossibly pretty villages. Picturesque Bossington leads to charming…

7. Bakelite Museum

5.47 MILES

The endearingly weird Bakelite Museum, 7 miles east of Dunster, houses the nation’s largest collection of Bakelite (otherwise known as…

8. Exmoor Owl & Hawk Centre

6.21 MILES

Catch the owl and bird-of-prey flying show (2pm), book your own hour-long private flying session (from £45), or have the kids hitch a half-hour ride on…