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Circular Walks on our Doorstep
1.
Heddons Mouth - Down one side, back the other
2. Woody Bay - Along the Coach Road, back the coast path
3. Trentishoe
- via Ladies Mile and South Dean
4. Holdstone Down via Trentishoe Cleave
5. Parracombe - via Bumsley
and Heale Wood
History on our Doorstep
1. Roman Fortlet, Martinhoe
2. Holwell
Castle Mound, Parracombe
3. Chapman Barrows, Parracombe
4. The Lyn & Exmoor Museum - which focuses on local
history and events
5. Woody Bay Railway - part of the Lyn-Barnstaple Steam Railway
Pretty Villages
1. Lynton/Lynmouth
2. Dunster
3. Winsford
4. Croyde
5. Clovelly
Quaint
Churches
1. Martinhoe
2. Trentishoe
3. St Petrocks Parracombe
4. Culbone - smallest in England
5. Oare - where Lorna Doone was shot
Natural
Wonders
1. The Valley of Rocks near Lynton
2. Lundy (NT) - an
unspoilt Island off the North Devon Coast, just 3m x 1/2m
3. Pinkworthy Pond (Pinkery) on the Chains
between Parracombe/Challacombe
4. Dunkery Beacon - the highest point on Exmoor 1702.75 ft (519m)
5. Exmoor
Night Sky - now officially recognised as an 'International Dark Sky Place'
Pretty Places
1. Tarr
Steps - pre-historic clapper bridge over River Barle
2. Landacre Bridge
3. Malmsmead /Doone Valley
4. Porlock
Weir
5. Watersmeet (Lynmouth-Brendon)
Impressive
Houses
1. Arlington Court (NT) - Regency Country
House, former home of the Chichesters
2. Chambercombe Manor - Unique & intriguing, steeped in mystery &
history
3. Dunster Castle (NT) - Rising dramatically above Dunster between moor and sea
4. Holnicote
Estate (NT) - Countryside property of 12,500 acres near Porlock
5. Combe Sydenham Country
Park -
Gorgeous Gardens
1. Heddon Hall Gardens, Parracombe (Limited opening)
2. Marwood Gardens - a beautiful 20 acre valley garden with lakes. Open all year
3. Broomhill Sculpture Gardens, Muddiford
4. RHS Rosemoor - easy to spend a day here admiring its stunning 40 acres
5. Tapeley Park - includes
Italian , ornamental water & walled kitchen gardens...
Lynton/Lynmouth Attractions
1. The Cliff Railway - a unique Victorian water powered
Lift between the villages
2. The Exmoor Brass Rubbing Centre, Lynmouth
3.
4. Glen Lyn Gorge
- a spectacular gorge, through which poured the waters of the 1952 Lynmouth Flood
5. Lynmouth
Flood Memorial Hall - photos, memorabilia, and a scale model of Lynmouth as it was before the flood.
And Finally ...The Little Switzerland 21 mile drive ....Enjoy this figure of eight drive around 'Little Switzerland' .........
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