Dunkery & Horner Wood

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Dunkery & Horner Wood is a National Nature Reserve in Somerset, covering 16 km². The county has nine National Nature Reserves; this is one. Only one of the county's National Nature Reserves is larger. The surrounding countryside is part of Exmoor National Park.

Hawkcombe Woods and Exmoor Coastal Heaths are among the nature reserves within 1.5 km.

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