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

© Bill Boaden / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Selworthy

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Selworthy is a cluster of limewashed, thatched cottages set round a green below Exmoor, built in the 1820s by the Acland family for estate workers. The white All Saints Church above looks over the Vale of Porlock towards Dunkery Beacon. It’s National Trust land, part of the Holnicote estate, and free to walk through. Allerford is just down the hill.

More places to visit near Selworthy

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.

1.9 km N · 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.

3.2 km W · 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.

4 km SW

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.

5.8 km SW

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

Dunster

Village

Medieval Exmoor village of over 200 listed buildings, its cobbled main street climbing past the octagonal Yarn Market to a Norman castle above the roofs.

7.8 km SE · Somerset