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Photo of Porlock Weir, a swimming spot in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.

© Lewis Clarke / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Porlock Weir

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A handful of thatched cottages and a small tidal harbour make up Porlock Weir, tucked where Exmoor’s wooded slopes drop to the sea. Old lime kilns stand by the water, and at low tide the blackened stumps of a submerged prehistoric forest show on the foreshore. Open access, at the end of the shore road below Porlock village.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Porlock Weir

Photo of Exmoor, a National Park in south west England.Iconic

Exmoor

You’re inside itNational Park near Winsford

High moor meeting a dramatic coast, with red deer and some of England's darkest skies.

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

here · spans 4 counties

Photo of Porlock, a village in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Porlock

Village

Thatched Exmoor village at the foot of notoriously steep Porlock Hill, a huddle of old cottages between the moor and its pebble-banked weir.

2.4 km SE · Somerset

Photo of Allerford, a village in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Allerford

Village

Exmoor-edge hamlet famous for its twin-arched medieval packhorse bridge over the stream, with a rural life museum in the old school.

3.9 km E · Somerset

Photo of Horner Wood, a landmark near Porlock in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Horner Wood

Landmark near Porlock

One of Britain's largest surviving Atlantic oakwoods, a mossy valley of ancient trees and packhorse bridges below Dunkery on Exmoor.

5 km SE

Photo: Dunkery Beacon, a 520m hill near Porlock in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Dunkery Beacon

Marilyn · County top near Porlock

Highest point of Exmoor and Somerset.

6.8 km SE