Sally's Guidebook
Food Scene
Good local food a short drive away.
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Notley Arms Inn Exmoor National Park
Front StreetGood local food a short drive away.
Good food. Café style. Hidden away with lovely views. Lots of vegetarian gluten free and vegan options.
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White Post Cafe
Good food. Café style. Hidden away with lovely views. Lots of vegetarian gluten free and vegan options.
Great coffee roasted for the connoisseur available to buy as well as served.Good light meals for lunchtime.
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Brazier Coffee Roasters
Great coffee roasted for the connoisseur available to buy as well as served.Good light meals for lunchtime.
Good local food. On the Quantocks. can fo circular walks to and from here. A short drive from our place.
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The Rising Sun Inn
Good local food. On the Quantocks. can fo circular walks to and from here. A short drive from our place.
Good traditional local pub with food and skittles alley and lovely garden. At the base of the Quantocks do worth a stop after a brisk walk up on top.
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The Carew Arms
Good traditional local pub with food and skittles alley and lovely garden. At the base of the Quantocks do worth a stop after a brisk walk up on top.
The Bicknoller Inn
32 Church LnA lovely pub on the Quantocks.Good food.
A village pub now run by the local community. An exciting new project. Watch this space. The closest pub to us.
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The New Inn
A village pub now run by the local community. An exciting new project. Watch this space. The closest pub to us.
A beautiful thatched pub beneath the steam railway line.
Good food and lots of seating indoor and out.
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The Farmers Arms
Coggins LaneA beautiful thatched pub beneath the steam railway line.
Good food and lots of seating indoor and out.
A new warehouse restaurant. Has weekly live music and good food.
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The Pump House
A new warehouse restaurant. Has weekly live music and good food.
The Blue Ball Inn
Porlock Bay Oysters
Superb fresh oysters based at Porlock Weir
Sightseeing
Statuesque national trust property. Situated looking out over the West Somerset coast.
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Dunster Castle
Statuesque national trust property. Situated looking out over the West Somerset coast.
A wonderful place to visit any time of year. Lovely gardens. A high standard cafe with good light meals in an airy space.
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Hestercombe Gardens
A wonderful place to visit any time of year. Lovely gardens. A high standard cafe with good light meals in an airy space.
Great trips daily. Run by volunteers. Some special evening meals/dinner trips. Steam rallies in Summer.
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Bishops Lydeard Station
Great trips daily. Run by volunteers. Some special evening meals/dinner trips. Steam rallies in Summer.
Historic interest and lovely woodland walk and great views..
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Wellington Monument
Historic interest and lovely woodland walk and great views..
The Saint-Tropez of Somerset!
Watchet has lots of small shops and cafés and great ice cream.
Definitely worth a trip on the steam railway from Bishops Lydeard or Crowcombe station.
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Watchet Harbour Marina
10 The EsplanadeThe Saint-Tropez of Somerset!
Watchet has lots of small shops and cafés and great ice cream.
Definitely worth a trip on the steam railway from Bishops Lydeard or Crowcombe station.
For the poets amongst us. A short drive over the Quantocks to Nether Stowey via Crowcombe gate.
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National Trust - Coleridge Cottage
35 Lime StFor the poets amongst us. A short drive over the Quantocks to Nether Stowey via Crowcombe gate.
Porlock Weir
A great spot with a fabulous old pub.
Beautiful parkland and gardens with exhibitions on occasion. Look up on the National Trust website.
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Knightshayes Gardens National Trust
Beautiful parkland and gardens with exhibitions on occasion. Look up on the National Trust website.
Beautiful gardens and great parkland and woodland walks. Look up on the National Trust website.
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Killerton House
Beautiful gardens and great parkland and woodland walks. Look up on the National Trust website.
Lynton and Lynmouth
Quaint and beautiful
A good experience and great way to see the view.
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Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway (Top station)
Lee RoadA good experience and great way to see the view.
Outdoors
AONB with 98.42 sqkm of walking and mountain biking trails. Quantock ponies and deer and cuckoos! A wonderfully beautiful place.
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Quantock Hills AONB
AONB with 98.42 sqkm of walking and mountain biking trails. Quantock ponies and deer and cuckoos! A wonderfully beautiful place.
Quantock Trekking
Riding on the Quantocks. Exhilarating.
Lots of activities through the Summer months. Great woodland gardens worth a visit all year round.
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National Trust - Fyne Court
Fyne CourtLots of activities through the Summer months. Great woodland gardens worth a visit all year round.
Heated outdoor swimming pool.
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Wivey Pool Wiveliscombe Community Swimming Pool Club
The Recreation GroundHeated outdoor swimming pool.
WWT Steart Marshes
Stert Drove Excellent birdwatching. Level walking with hides.
Tarr Steps Woodland National Nature Reserve
Great Riverside walks.
Trout fishing seasonally on the bank or by boat with prior booking.
5 mile circular walk.
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Clatworthy Reservoir
Trout fishing seasonally on the bank or by boat with prior booking.
5 mile circular walk.
Windsurfing kayaking sailing and fishing in beautiful surroundings. Circular walk.
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Wimbleball Lake Activities Centre
Windsurfing kayaking sailing and fishing in beautiful surroundings. Circular walk.
Glorious views and a superb stretch of the South West Coast path.
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Valley of Rocks
South West Coast PathGlorious views and a superb stretch of the South West Coast path.
Local experience
A local orchard and cider brewing company with a good restaurant.
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Sheppy's Cider Farm Shop
A local orchard and cider brewing company with a good restaurant.
Beautiful handmade paper. They do tours but need prior arrangement/ booking.
Two Rivers Paper Company
Harbour RoadBeautiful handmade paper. They do tours but need prior arrangement/ booking.
Quantock Brewery
Visit this tap room to sample their local beers and street food.
Local theatre with a full programme of events.
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The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre
Coal OrchardLocal theatre with a full programme of events.
Abbey Burton Clay Shooting
Claypigeon lessons for all levels by prior arrangement.
Oake Manor Golf Club
.Nearby golf course with lots of water.
Minehead and West Somerset Golf Club
Warren Road Coastal course.
East Quay Watchet
Harbour Roadcafe/ restaurant gallery artistic displays.
Shapwick Heath, Somerset
The soggy peat moors of the Somerset Levels are like catnip to wildlife. Part of the Avalon Marshes and preserved by Natural England, Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve, six miles west of Glastonbury, attracts 64 species of bird, including great-crested grebes, bitterns and Cetti’s warbler, one of Britain’s loudest songbirds. But it’s the otters splashing about in the reeds that are the biggest draw. In winter witness the nightly starling murmuration — thousands of the tiny birds perform their mesmerising aerial ballet at twilight.
Details Free admission
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Avalon Marshes Centre
Shapwick Heath, Somerset
The soggy peat moors of the Somerset Levels are like catnip to wildlife. Part of the Avalon Marshes and preserved by Natural England, Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve, six miles west of Glastonbury, attracts 64 species of bird, including great-crested grebes, bitterns and Cetti’s warbler, one of Britain’s loudest songbirds. But it’s the otters splashing about in the reeds that are the biggest draw. In winter witness the nightly starling murmuration — thousands of the tiny birds perform their mesmerising aerial ballet at twilight.
Details Free admission
Local shops
A great place to pick up supplies. Good fresh fruit and veg and local produce. Lovely homemade quiches and pies and pasties and bread.
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The Fruit & Flower Basket & Stricko's Deli
8 Westridge WayA great place to pick up supplies. Good fresh fruit and veg and local produce. Lovely homemade quiches and pies and pasties and bread.
A lovely interiors shop with a small cafe and good cake. An impressive old building.
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The Courthouse Interiors
The SquareA lovely interiors shop with a small cafe and good cake. An impressive old building.
Thornes Butchers
5 West StA wonderful butchers with fantastic friendly service.
Wivey Larder
22 West StExcellent local produce shop. Refill shop to save on plastic.