Exmoor | |
Exmoor ~ Still England but another world... | |
Lynmouth makes an ideal location from which to discover North Devon & Exmoor National Park. Take a day or two just exploring Exmoor; stunning scenery; magnificent wildlife; unspoilt villages and views to remember forever . . . Porlock, Exford, Dunster and Dulverton are all within easy reach. | |
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The greatest concentration of Red Deer in England |
Highest coastal cliffs in England at 800ft/244m high |
Over 1200 kms/750 miles of way marked "Rights Of Way" |
Well over 550 kms/340 miles of mountain bike and off-road cycling trails |
Inspired writers the like of Coleridge, Shelley, Southey, Wordsworth, R.D. Blackmore to Ted Hughes, Henry Williamson, Margaret Drabble and James Herbert |
England's Tallest Tree! - On the Crown Estate's Dunster Forest Tall Trees Trail a Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga Menziesii, has been measured at more than 60m-197ft tall |
South West Coast Path, Britain's longest national trail, extends all along the Exmoor coast |
Longest stretch of naturally wooded coastline in the entire British Isles |
Rarer than the Chinese panda the Exmoor Pony is a unique species of annimal |
2nd highest tidal range in the world along the Exmoor coast |
Dunkery Beacon with views across Porlock Vale is Exmoor's highest point at 519m/1704ft high |
Exmoor was once a Royal Forest and hunting ground |
In excess of 1000 different flowering plants and grasses flourish on Exmoor |
Exmoor's coastline has gained recognition as a 'Heritage Coast' |
Exmoor's cliffs provide one of the longest and most isolated seacliff traverses in Britain |
The 'Beast of Exmoor', a crypto -zoological phantom cat that is reported to roam Exmoor |
A wealth of local folklore, legends and seasoned tales abound! |
Exmoor National Park is 69,280 hectares/267 sq. miles in area |
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