YARN MARKET HOTEL
For a comfortable place to stay the YARN MARKET HOTEL is a friendly family-run 3* hotel located in the village near the Yarn Market. Pets are welcomed and there are special facilities for walkers and cyclists. Group bookings welcome and please contact them for ‘special interest’ breaks.
Dunster
Exmoor National Park TA24 6SF
01643 821425
Email:
hotel@yarnmarkethotel.co.uk Web:
www.yarnmarkethotel.co.uk
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Other Exmoor villages to visit include: Allerford a pretty village with the much photographed Packhorse Bridge and Allerford House. Williton is a small town, home of West Somerset Council, and the family Tropiquaria Zoo with two full size replica pirate ships, a play fort and an outside play area including a zip wire. The indoor café has a fort and a small ball park. In the high season there is a outdoor pirate café and shop. Also nearby is the Bakelite Museum exhibiting artefacts and telling the story of Bakelite.
SUMMER OPENING - DAILY 10am to 4pm CLOSED ON SATURDAYS
The Exmoor Pony Centre
Dulverton, Somerset TA22 9QE T: 01398 323093
www.exmoorponycentre.org.uk
Winsford is one of Exmoor’s most attractive villages with no less than eight bridges crossing the many small streams. Close to the centre of the village is Ernest Bevin’s cottage. Winsford Hill is an excellent place for spotting Exmoor ponies.
Withypool is a small village in a beautiful setting overlooking the Barle Valley and the heathland of Withypool Common. This village is situated in a shallow part of the Barle valley in the heart of the Exmoor National Park. To the south is Withypool Hill (1306 feet), With Superb views on the summit, on its south side is a Bronze Age stone circle. Simonsbath is part of the former Royal Forest of Exmoor. It is a popular starting point for walks along the River Barle and the meadow by the river is a good place for picnics. The Sawmill has been restored and can be visited on certain days during the summer.
Exford is on the river Exe and at the heart of Exmoor National Park with an attractive village green surrounded with gift shops and good inns. This village has a famous favourite son who explores cold climates and climbs mountains.
Nearby Ashwick is home to the EXMOOR PONY CENTRE where there is pony riding for a half day in groups of people (usually six) for a ride out on the open moorland. To get there from Dulverton take the B3223 Lynton/Exford road for approximately four miles onto Exmoor. Turn immediately left after the second cattle grid where you see the brown tourism sign for the Exmoor Pony Centre.
Dulverton stands between the rivers Barle and Exe which converge a mile or so down the valley, the River Barle provides good trout and salmon fishing. Tarr Steps is located on the River Barle and there are many other medieval bridges near Dulverton, plus the remains of Oldberry Castle and Mounsey Castle, Iron Age hillforts and an abundance of flora and fauna. Briggins Moor is just to the south of the town and next to the Barle at the western end of Dulverton is Exmoor House, the headquarters of the Exmoor National Park Authority.
The town has an art gallery, a guns and fishing tackle shop complemented with interesting gift shops. The Guildhall Heritage and Arts Centre opens from early April to the end of October, with free admission. Carnival is on the first Saturday of October, and there is a Folk Festival. Add to this the talents of artists, craftsmen and glassmakers who live and exhibit their creations in the town, then you have a strong reason to visit.
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