Exmoor National Park Info, England
Bays near Exmoor National Park
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Woolacombe
Woolacombe is located on the North Devon coastline, situated close to Ilfracombe and Braunton. There's great bed & breakfast and hotel accommodation in and around Woolacombe. Wonderful tourist attractions you can visit such as Marwood Hill Gardens, Once Upon a Time Theme Park and Arlington Court.
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Barnstaple
Barnstaple in in North Devon, Great Britain, Devon is a delightful county with Exmoor and Dartmoor national parks, excellent surfing on the North Devon bays, the rolling hills of devon are a must for any golfer.
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Bideford
Bideford has been welcoming visitors for centuries. They have come by both road and sea. Our location, people, heritage and character continue to appeal to guests and residents alike. Still a working port, our maritime heritage is well charted. Refered to by Charles Kingsley in Westward Ho!, noted in Tennyson's Revenge and immortalised in the verse of Edward Capern, Bideford's postman-poet the "little white town" retains its ability to captivate and charm.
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Bristol
Bristol is the most populated city in South West England. The city is built around the River Avon and it has a short coastline on the estuary of the River Severn, which flows into the Bristol Channel.
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Brixham
Brixham is a small fishing port which forms the southern part of the area known as Torbay - the other parts being Torquay and Paignton - known as the English Riviera because of its unique micro-climate.
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Bude
Bude is a seaside town situated on the Atlantic Heritage Coast. Bude is Cornwall's special unspoilt place ... where coast meets countryside. The Bude area offers its visitors a variety of holiday experiences from a relaxing short or weekend break to challenging activity holidays in natural surroundings, family holidays with nearby attractions and adventure parks, and opportunities for walking, cycling, golf and bird watching. The area has some of the best surfing beaches in the UK and was the site of the first life-saving club.
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Burnham-on-Sea
Burnham-on-Sea is a town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett and Bridgwater Bay. Burnham remained a small village until the late 18th century, but is now a popular seaside resort.
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Cardiff
Cardiff Bay has altered beyond recognition, from its past as the world's largest coal exporting port to a modern sport and leisure complex; it is also Europe's largest waterfront development and it has a wealth of leisure activities available both on and off the water.
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Clawton
A small rural village 3 miles from the market town of Holsworthy in Devon. Central to the moors and the North Cornwall coast line that offers walking, riding, surfing fishing and many other activities for family.
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Combe Martin
Combe Martin is a small seaside resort with a sheltered cove on the edge of the Exmoor national park. Due to the narrowness of the valley, it is composed principally of one single long street which runs two miles from the valley head to the sea.
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Croyde
Croyde is a village on the west-facing coastline of North Devon. The village lies on the South West Coast Path near to Baggy Point, which is owned by the National Trust. It lies within the North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Exmouth
Exmouth is well celebrated for its long two-miles of golden sand, rare on this coast and fascinating rock pools it's a paradise for children and adults alike. On the Estuary of the River Exe internationally known for its wildlife. In the centre of East Devon's glorious countryside with Woodbury Common and beautiful towns and villages nearby.
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Honiton
Honiton is a town in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter.
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Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe is a captivating and friendly resort, set in the north of Devon, in a region renowned for its outstanding natural beauty. Ilfracombe has its own harbour, from which you can explore one of the best coastlines in England. To the East, you will find some of the highest sea cliffs in England, split up by small uncommercialised Rocky Bays; ideal for bathing and rock-pool exploration.
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Langtree
Langtree is a quiet North Devon Village, four miles from Great Torrington and ten miles from Bideford. The area is closely linked with novelist Henry Williamson's famous nature story, 'Tarka the Otter', set in the North Devon countryside. The Tarka Trail - a former railway line - is 2 miles away at Watergate Bridge.
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Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and 25 miles (40 km) east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border. It is nicknamed "The Pearl of Dorset."
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Lynmouth
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the north edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) below Lynton, to which it is connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway.
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Lynton
Lynton is a small village in Devon, England. It lies on the northern edge of Exmoor and is located at the top of a gorge above Lynmouth.
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Mumbles
Mumbles, undoubtedly one of the best sea side villages with some of the most scenic walking in the UK with its undulating landscape and endless beaches, Mumbles and the surrounding area really must be in your list of holiday destinations this year.
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Newport
Newport is within easy walking distance of pubs, restaurants and shops and is 300 yards from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. Local pubs and restaurants provide extensive menus, including locally caught sea bass, sea trout, lobster and crab. Glorious scenic walks can be made from the house which take in coast, estuary and mountain, all in the Pembrokeshire National Park.
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Pembroke
The historic town of Pembroke is located in Wales in Pembrokeshire, on the River Cleddau. Its main street is ideal for strolling with several interesting Tudor and Georgian houses, two historic churches, and a pleasant mixture of shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants.
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Plymouth
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about 190 miles (310 km) south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound. Since 1967 the unitary authority of Plymouth has included the suburbs of Plympton and Plymstock, which are on the east side of the River Plym.
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Saundersfoot
Saundersfoot used to be a small fishing village. There was also some shipbuilding here. In the 1800's Saundersfoot became very popular with the black gold rush when high quality anthracite was found locally. This coal was in demand and in 1829 a whole new harbour was built and railways shipped the coal to the harbour from six mines. With the decline of coal sales and other more profitable coal mining operations both in the UK and abroad, the mining ceased and Saundersfoot became a popular tourist destination.
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Swansea
Swansea, Wales' City by the Sea and birthplace of Dylan Thomas and Catherine Zeta Jones, is a lively and vibrant maritime city and regional shopping centre. Only a stone throw away, the Victorian resort of Mumbles offers a fantastic array of attractions, including a pier, traditional boutiques, craft shops and ice-cream parlours. Mumbles is known as the 'Gateway to Gower', Britain's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Gower Peninsula extends West of Mumbles in a succession of stunning coastal and rural sceneries. To the East, the 'Waterfall Country' at Afan and the Vale of Neath is a haven for walkers and bikers alike.
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Tenby
Beautiful Tenby town nestles majestically amidst the grandeur of the famous Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, with its award winning beaches, rugged coastline and the monastic island of Caldey. With its picturesque harbour and wonderful beaches, we are sure that you will love Tenby so much you'll want to keep coming back year after year
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Torbay
Torbay is Devon's most popular holiday resort attracting over one million visitors every year. The coastline of Torbay stretches for 22 miles from Torquay to Brixham and beyond. Torquay's origins as a holiday resort date back to Victorian times when it was a fashionable destination for the English aristocracy. The world's most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie, was born in Torquay in 1890. Cockington Village is famous for its well kept thatched cottages. In the heart of the estate lies Cockington Court, a 17th Century manor house.
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Torquay
Torquay is at the heart of the English Riviera, the largest and most buoyant town of Torbay (Brixham, Paignton and Torquay). Often hosting conferences and exhibitions it is an ideal venue for family holidays, quiet breaks and as a base for exploring the South Hams, Dartmoor and Torbay.
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Totnes
Totnes is a market town at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Woolacombe
Woolacombe is located on the North Devon coastline, situated close to Ilfracombe and Braunton. There's great bed & breakfast and hotel accommodation in and around Woolacombe. Wonderful tourist attractions you can visit such as Marwood Hill Gardens, Once Upon a Time Theme Park and Arlington Court.
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Llangennith
Llangennith is a village in the City and County of Swansea, south Wales, in the Gower peninsula. It has a scattering of houses and one pub - the Kings Head.
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Lundy
Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel, lying 12 miles (19 km) off the coast of Devon, England, approximately one third of the distance across the channel between England and Wales.
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Porthcawl
Porthcawl is a town on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles (40 kilometres) west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles (30.5 kilometres) south-east of Swansea. Situated on a low limestone headland on the South Wales coast, overlooking the Bristol Channel, Porthcawl developed as a coal port during the 19th century, but its trade was soon taken over by more rapidly developing ports such as Barry.
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Babbacombe
Babbacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable for its model village and its clifftop green, Babbacombe Downs, from which Oddicombe Beach is accessed via Babbacombe Cliff Railway.
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Saltash
Saltash, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of about 17,000. It lies in the southeast of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar.
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Instow
Instow is a village in north Devon, England. It is on the estuary where the rivers Taw and Torridge meet. Instow has a famous railway signal box, managed by volunteers from the Bideford Railway Heritage Centre and a small river beach. Nearby are sand dunes, that home some rare species of orchid including the pyramid orchid.
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Caerphilly
Caerphilly is a town in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley. Caerphilly is the site of Caerphilly Castle, built between 1268 and 1271, which is the largest castle in Wales, and second largest in Britain. On a more contraversial note, Caerphilly is featured in the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury.
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Bigbury-on-Sea
Bigbury-on-Sea is a village in the South Hams district of Devon, England lying within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Linked to Bigbury-on-Sea by a short sandspit which is covered at high tide, Burgh Island is famous for its Pilchard Inn and art deco hotel.
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Llantwit Major
Llantwit Major is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast. The town grew up around a monastery or 'llan', founded in the 5th century by Saint Illtud as a centre of learning.
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Ogmore-by-Sea
Ogmore-by-Sea is a seaside village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies on the western limit of the Glamorgan Heritage Coastline of south Wales. It has, along with neighbouring Southerndown one of the most spectacular locations for a residential area anywhere on the Celtic seaboard, and is visually very similar to Bude and Widemouth Bay in Cornwall (this is unsurprising - both locations in Cornwall have the same carboniferous cliffs as Ogmore).
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Rhossili
Rhossili is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower peninsula[1] near Swansea in Wales. Since the 1970s it has fallen within the boundaries of Swansea.
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West Bay
West Bay, formerly known as Bridport Harbour, is situated approximately two miles from the centre of Bridport on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. It has a fairly small harbour, two piers and two beaches. The east beach is part of the Chesil Beach.
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Langland
Langland is a sandy beach that is fringed by huts, a popular destination for both visitors and locals all year round. The beach is only a 15-20 minute walk from the centre of Mumbles and offers a good range of facilities.
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Oxwich
The pretty village of Oxwich, is situated at the Western end of Oxwich Bay. For a small village with a population of less than two hundred, it has...
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Sidmouth
Sidmouth lies at the mouth of the River Sid in the East Devon district and is a small town on the English Channel coast in Devon, South West England.
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Topsham
Topsham is an attractive Devon town on the Exe estuary in England's Westcountry.
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth is a town in Devon in the south-west of England. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
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Dartmoor
Dartmoor is an area of moorland in the centre of Devon, England. Protected by National Park status, it covers 368 square miles (953 km2).
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Braunton
Braunton is situated 5 miles west of Barnstaple, Devon, England and is claimed to be the largest village in England.
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Bish Mill
Bish Mill is a village in Devon, England.
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Brendon
Brendon is a village in Devon, England, close to the border with Somerset near the Exmoor National Park.
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Holsworthy
Holsworthy is a market town in the west of Devon, England. It is situated near the county border with Cornwall, and is 9 miles from the coastal resort of Bude.
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Hartland
The town of Hartland, which incorporates the hamlet of Stoke to the west and the village of Meddon in the south, is the most north-westerly settlement in the county of Devon, England.
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Clovelly
Clovelly is a village on the north Devon coast, England, about twelve miles west of Bideford. It is a major tourist attraction, famous for its history and beauty, its extremely steep car-free cobbled main street, donkeys, and its location looking out over the Bristol Channel.
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Atherington
Atherington is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England, about 8 miles south of Barnstaple.
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Bratton Fleming
Bratton Fleming is a large village near Barnstaple, in Devon, England.
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Thornbury
Thornbury is a small hamlet in Devon, England, north-east of Holsworthy.
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South Molton
South Molton is a small town in Devon, England. It is part of the North Devon local government district. The town is on the River Mole.
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Westward Ho!
Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England.
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Watermouth
Watermouth is a sheltered bay and hamlet between Hele Bay and Combe Martin on the North Devon coast.
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Dawlish Warren
Dawlish Warren is a small seaside resort near the town of Dawlish on the south coast of Devon, England. Dawlish Warren consists almost entirely of holiday accommodation and facilities for holiday-makers, especially caravan sites.
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Starcross
Starcross is a riverside village with a population of approximately 2000, situated on the west bank of the estuary of the River Exe in Devon, England.
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Uplyme
Uplyme is a village which lies in East Devon on the Devon-Dorset border and the River Lym, adjacent to the Dorset coastal town of Lyme Regis. It has a population of approximately 1700.
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Exeter
Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It is the county town of Devon and as such is home to Devon County Council.
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Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge is a market town and popular tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of about 5,800. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, which is a textbook example of a ria and extends to the sea 6 miles south of the town.
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Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort town and civil parish in North Somerset, part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, 18 miles (29 km) south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill.
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Appledore
Appledore is a village at the mouth of the River Torridge, about 6 miles (10 kilometres) west of Barnstaple in the county of Devon. It is home to Appledore Shipbuilders, a lifeboat slipway and Hockings Ice Cream, a brand of ice cream only sold in North Devon. The local football team is Appledore F.C.
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Axminster
Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of Devon in England. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government district.
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Bridport
Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the River Brit and its Asker and Simene tributaries, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre (the hangman's rope being made at Bridport gave birth to the saying "stabbed with a Bridport dagger"). The port is no longer in existence although the harbour at West Bay is a mile away.
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Torpoint
Torpoint is a town in the far south east of Cornwall, England, separated from the city of Plymouth by a stretch of water referred to as the Hamoaze, which itself is the mouth of the River Tamar. It is on the Rame Peninsula.
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Cawsand
Cawsand is a small village overlooking Plymouth Sound in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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