Exmoor Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities Guide

recommended places to visit and things to do on or near Exmoor


  • nature reserve
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  • free admission
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  • seasonal opening
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  • visitor centre
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the Exmoor pony is the oldest native pony breed in Britain, around 350 still live free on Exmoor

Heddon Valley

Barnstaple

  • nature reserve
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  • family-friendly
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  • seasonal opening
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  • National Trust
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  • café
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  • shop
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  • nature
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  • walking
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dramatic West Exmoor coast, favourite landscape of the Romantic poets with spectacular coastal, moorland and woodland walks

  • something different!
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  • family-friendly
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  • seasonal opening
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  • pre-booking advised
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  • café
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  • history
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  • nature
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  • transport
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  • boats
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  • wildlife

a family run living heritage attraction with one of the last horse-drawn barges in Great Britain

Watersmeet

Exmoor National Park

  • seasonal opening
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  • National Trust
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  • shop
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  • nature
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  • walking
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  • wildlife

where the lush valleys of East Lyn and Hoar Oak Water meet giving a haven for wildlife and offering excellent walking

  • historic house
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  • garden
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  • family-friendly
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  • seasonal opening
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  • National Trust
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  • café
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  • shop
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  • antiques
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  • architecture
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  • furniture
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  • nature
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  • walking
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the Gothic Revival house is surrounded by gardens which are a masterpiece of architectural planting, home to one of the most outstanding botanical collections in the country

  • tourist railway
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  • family-friendly
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  • all-weather attraction
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  • seasonal opening
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  • shop
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  • history
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  • transport
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  • trains

take a trip back in time on this narrow gauge steam railway running from Lynton to Barnstaple journeying through rolling countryside

  • historic house
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  • garden
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  • family-friendly
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  • seasonal opening
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  • National Trust
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  • café
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  • antiques
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  • architecture
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  • art
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  • furniture
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  • history
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  • nature
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  • transport
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  • wildlife

intimate Regency mansion with many treasures, Victorian garden and a Carriage Museum showcasing vehicles for every occasion

  • historic house
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  • garden
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  • family-friendly
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  • seasonal opening
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  • National Trust
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  • shop
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  • architecture
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  • history
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  • nature

modernised in the 19th Century to become a lavish country house with Mediterranean planting in the garden and a working water mill

  • leisure facility
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  • seasonal opening
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  • café
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  • sport
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  • walking
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  • wildlife

5 acre fly-fishing lake - Rainbow & Brown Trout are stocked all year - between 2lb’s and 22lb’s - continuity of size & high standards - friendly capable staff - also well-stocked farm shop & water gardening goods incl. pond plants & ornamental fish