Exmoor Guided
Exmoor Explorer £425
Exmoor Explorer
This walking
holiday will give you the opportunity to explore part of the contrasting countryside
of the Exmoor National Park with its deep wooded combes, farmland, grass and
heather moors as well as the magnificent coastline. The National Park comprises
267 square miles of which two-thirds lies in West Somerset and one third in
North Devon. On our walks we will look for red deer and exmoor ponies that
roam the moor.
Your accommodation for this holiday will be spent at the Simonsbath House Hotel, dating back to 1654 in the quiet village of Simonsbath with lovely views over the River Barle and the distant moors. This location provides a wonderful setting for walkers who wish to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the English Countryside.
Your Programme
Day 1: Arrive
Day 2: River Barle Walk(E:7.5mls/12kms)
This walk starts from the Hotel at Simonsbath and takes you downstream along the delightful woodland,bracken and heather covered valley of the River Barle. You pass prehistoric earthworks and the ruins of a 19C copper mine before climbing high above the valley with superb views all the way back to Simonsbath.
Day 3: Withypool and Tarr Steps (E:8Mls/13Kms)
This well-known walk along the River Barle to Tarr Steps starts at the village of Withypool. The walk takes us along some of the loveliest stretches of the river. We cross over the medieval clapper bridge of Tarr Steps and make our way onto Withypool Common. We cross the common and return back to the village.
Day 4: Lorna Doone Country-Malmsmead - Badgworthy Valley (M: 8 Miles/ 13Kms)
This walk explores the valley of Badgworthy Water. It offers outstanding walking through rock-strewn streams, bracken covered combes and open moorland whilst also visiting Oare Church where in the novel Lorna Doone was shot.
Day 5: Dunkery Beacon- Horner-Porlock (E:7.5mls/12kms)
This linear walk starts at Webbers Post and leads us to the top of Dunkery Beacon which at 519m is the highest point on Exmoor. We follow the moorland ridge until it dips down into Bagley Combe. The route continues along the East Water valley through woodland to the village of Horner and onto Porlock.
Day 6: Depart