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

© Peter Elsdon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Winsford

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Winsford is threaded by the little Winn and the River Exe, crossed by a cluster of low bridges and fords packed into the village. A thatched inn, the Royal Oak, stands at its centre, and Winsford Hill rises above with its Exmoor ponies and Bronze Age barrows. Deep in the moor, best reached by car.

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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: Winsford Hill, a viewpoint in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Winsford Hill

Viewpoint near Winsford

Open heather common on Exmoor above Winsford, grazed by wild ponies and studded with Bronze Age barrows.

1.2 km SW

Photo along the Two Moors Way, a 102-mile long-distance path running from Ivybridge to Lynmouth, south west England.

Two Moors Way

Long-distance path

Devon's south-to-north crossing, over Dartmoor and Exmoor from Ivybridge to the sea at Lynmouth.

3.1 km SW · Devon & Somerset

Photo of Tarr Steps, a landmark near Winsford in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Tarr Steps

Landmark near Winsford

An ancient clapper bridge of massive stone slabs stepping across the River Barle in a wooded Exmoor valley.

3.5 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.

6.6 km N

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.

8.7 km N