History & Heritage in Exmoor National Park

Dunster Castle (National Trust), Dunster, Exmoor National Park

[Main photo: looking down the main street in Dunster village. Luttrell Arms to the left. English Heritage’s Yarn Market to the right and the National Trust’s Dunster Castle ahead]   Large and impressive National Trust property on the eastern border of Exmoor National Park Dunster C...

Cleeve Abbey (English Heritage), Minehead, Exmoor National Park

[Main photo: Cleeve Abbey cloister]   ‘Some of the best-preserved monastic buildings in England’ Cleeve Abbey is an English Heritage property close to Dunster and Minehead on the eastern side of Exmoor. If you’re exploring nearby National Trust’s Dunster Castle and the many Eng...

Coleridge Way, Minehead, Exmoor National Park

[Main photo: the Coleridge Way feather quill waymarker]   Coleridge Cottage to Lynmouth Pavilion National Park Centre/The Valley of Rocks This long distance walking path runs between Coleridge Cottage on the edge of the Quantock Hills Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Lynmouth Pav...

Coleridge Cottage (National Trust), Minehead, Exmoor National Park

[Main photo: Kubla Khan manuscript in Coleridge Cottage in Nether Stowey]   It was here that Coleridge had the freedom to write his most famous poetry The Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived in this cottage for three years at the end of the eighteenth century. ‘It was here th...

Watchet Harbour Marina, Minehead, Exmoor National Park

Watchet Harbour Marina is one of Exmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.

The Ancient Mariner, Minehead, Exmoor National Park

[Main photo: The Ancient Mariner (Sculpture) at Watchet Harbour]   The Watchet and Quantock Hills National Landscape area inspired Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Watchet and Quantock Hills National Landscape (formerly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) area inspired Samuel Taylor Colerid...