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Hemyock Castle is a privately-owned residential site, usually opened to the public on Bank Holiday Mondays between Easter and September. It comprises the remains of a rare, moated, late [...]

Staple Hill Easy Access Trail allows everyone, including those with limited mobility, to enjoy the beautiful countryside the Blackdown Hills AONB has to offer.

Coldharbour Mill is one of the oldest woollen mills in the UK having been in continuous production since 1797. Today its rich heritage lives on as one of the finest working wool museums where [...]

These days you won't find a castle at Castle Neroche; instead a majestic forest and the earthen ramparts where an Iron-Age hillfort and a Norman Castle once stood. There are spectacular views [...]

Discover the history of RAF Dunkeswell during the second world war at Dunkeswell Airfield Heritage Centre. Step back in time and see artefacts and memorabilia, mission narratives and replica [...]

This striking monument on the edge of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Beauty, stands as a tribute to the Duke of Wellington and his victory at the Battle of Waterloo. At 175 feet, [...]

This beautiful nature reserve is on the site of a former Victorian estate. The lakes and woodland, once part of a formal garden, now provide a range of habitats for wild birds, animals and plants.

High on the southwest point of Blackdown Common is Culmstock Beacon. It is one of a chain of Elizabethan beacons used for lighting fires to warn of advancing enemies, for example, The Spanish [...]

A little piece of Canada, right here in the Blackdown Hills! Wolford Chapel is the burial place of John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1792. It's interior [...]

Yarty Moor, near Otterford, extends over 26 acres. It is a diverse site of springline mire and wet grassland around the source of the River Yarty. The northern valley is amazingly diverse, with [...]