Castles and Mansions Stately home fans will enjoy a trip to Dunster Castle; a Victorian country house dramatically positioned on a wooded hill, with lavish interiors including a stunning 17^th century carved staircase. Explore one of the few surviving works from architect William Burges; a rich fusion of medieval romanticism and lavish decoration.

Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside! Take a breath-taking drive across the top of Exmoor to discover a host of unspoilt Victorian seaside gems nestled at the foot of the imposing cliffs of the North Devon Coast. Lynmouth is connected to Lynton via a cliff railway and sits at the foot of the picturesque Watersmeet gorge. These pretty coastal twin towns are a painter’s dream and a honey pot for visitors during high seasons.

Exmoor This National Park is a truly captivating landscape that contains an amazing variety of terrains within 267 square miles of moorland, woodland, valleys and farmland, sculpted by both nature and local inhabitants over thousands of years.

Don't Forget Your Walking Boots Fossil hunters will delight at the Jurassic landscape; some of the rocks on Chesil beach are up to 200 million years old! Walk the Roberts' Trail, named so for the contribution that 18th century entrepreneur Richard Roberts made to the village of nearby Burton Bradstock. A walk around Ham Hill (a huge iron age hill fort with commanding views over the South Somerset Moors, Exmoor and the Mendips) takes about an hour and is well worth it.

Houses and Gardens Knightshayes is a National Trust property with stunning house and gardens, cafe and a gift shop. It also has the most beautiful walled kitchen garden you will ever see! The Hestercombe Gardens Project boasts stunning temples, lakes and formal beds and is the combined work of design greats Gertrude Jekyll and Sir Edward Lutyens.