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Exmoor holiday cottages in North Devon Knowstone, South Molton, North Devon |
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AROUND AND ABOUT
A short drive takes you up into the Exmoor National Park for superb walks and scenery.
Within 30 minutes drive you can visit:
Unspoilt Devonshire's Heartland, Bampton: small town winner of Britain in Bloom 1998, Dulverton: gateway to Exmoor,
Tiverton: market town with castle, award-winning museum, Grand Western Canal with horse drawn barges,
Bickleigh: pretty village with famous bridge over River Exe. Castle, mill and railway centre,
South Molton: market town famous for its antique shops.
And of course historic houses, beautiful gardens, sleepy villages and country pubs.
Travel just a little further to reach:
Exeter, Taunton, Barnstaple, Exmoor's coast, Lynton, Lynmouth, Porlock, Minehead, Honiton, Exeter and Topsham , Dartmoor National Park, and South and East Devon coast.
Walking: Plenty of fine local walks including those on Exmoor.
Click here for the official Exmoorsite.
The Two Moors Way passes through Knowstone and we can, by arrangement, pick up walking guests from the Village and return them there to continue the walk. Click here for a useful site. or try here for a description of the walk.
Click here to see National Trust Properties.
Riding is available locally and we can arrange this for you.
Fishing and rough shooting can also be arranged.
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Rosemoor is the RHS national rose garden at Torrington. Its well known for its roses boasting some 2,000 bushes with some 200 varieties. It has extensive water gardens and a very impressive fruit and vegetable garden, along with examples of themed colour and cottage gardens. It is easy to spend a day here wandering through its beautiful 40 acres. Rosemoor has a restaurant and tea shop as well as a plant shop which sells high quality cuttings and specimens from the gardens. |
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Arlington Court regency country house, home of the Chichester family until 1949 is owned by the National Trust. The house has collections of model ships, shells and snuff boxes, amongst other interesting things. Arlington is home to one of the best horse-drawn carriage collections in the country. There is a good restaurant and tea shop, horse-drawn carriage rides are available. |
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Watersmeet is a picturesque wooded valley where the East Lyn meets Farley Water. There are a number of waterfalls and a series of rapids. The old 19th century hunting lodge built on the site has been converted into a very good tea shop. From Watersmeet there are well made up footpaths up stream to Brendon or down to Lynmouth both footpaths follow the river along the spectacular valley. |
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Clovelly, a uniquely preserved coastal village, not a museum but a living community with two pubs and food shops etc. unspoilt by the 20th century the village has steep cobbled streets where the provisions for the whole village are to this day pulled up and down the hill on sledges with the help of donkeys. No cars are allowed in the village and access is only by foot. There are several specially preseved 19th century cottages for tourists to look around including a fisherman's cottage and the cottage where Charles Kingsley lived with an exhibition of the author's life. The village boasts the usual craft shops, a pottery and a visitor centre as well as boat trips from the quay. |
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Tarr Steps, A mediaeval stone clapper bridge across the river Barle. Popular beauty spot with a pub and cream tea shop at Tarr Farm where you can sit outside in the summer overlooking the Steps. (shown opposite) Legend has it that the devil built the bridge and owns the sunbathing rights on the stones, so beware! Situated on the junction of two good walks. |
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