Photo of Holford, a country estate near Bicknoller in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, south west England.

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Holford

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

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Holford is a National Trust estate in Somerset, open land that's free to roam. The Albion Guide lists 29 National Trust places in the county; this is one of them. Make a day of it: look for wildlife at Shervage Wood, or see the ancient stones at Dowsborough hillfort. For arrivals by rail, Bishop's Lydeard Station is about 11.8 km to the south.

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Photo of the Quantock Hills, a National Landscape in Somerset, south west England.

Quantock Hills

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Holford

England's first protected landscape, a heather ridge above deep wooded combes, with red deer and the sea close by

Photo of Bicknoller, a village in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, south west England.

Bicknoller

Thatched village on the western Quantock slopes, with a red-sandstone church and a thousand-year-old yew in its churchyard.

3.3 km W · Somerset

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

3.5 km NW · spans 24 counties

Photo of Kilve Beach, a beach near Holford in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, south west England.

Kilve Beach

Beach near Holford

A rocky, fossil-rich foreshore of grey lias ledges on the Quantock coast, backed by a ruined oil retort and old chantry.

3.7 km N

Photo of St Audrie's Bay, a cove near Watchet in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, south west England.

St Audrie's Bay

Cove near Watchet

A secluded Quantock-coast bay of fossil-strewn ledges reached down cliff steps, with a small waterfall spilling onto the beach at low tide.

4.4 km NW

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

Exmoor

National Park near Winsford

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

7 km SW