Visitor attractions and information - Minehead
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 Dunster Castle, Dunster, nr Minehead, Somerset
TA24 6SL. Tel: 01643 821314. Ancient castle with fine interiors
and sub-tropical gardens. Romantic castle with turrets and towers.
Dramatic hilltop location with sweeping views over Exmoor and
the Bristol Channel. Home to the National Collection of strawberry
trees. National Trust. Charges apply. (Photo © NTPL / Magnus
Rew). www.nationaltrust.org.uk. About 2 miles south east of Minehead. |
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The
Dunster Dolls Museum, Memorial Hall, 17 High Street, Dunster,
Minehead, TA24 6SF. Collection of 7000 dolls from different periods
and countries. About 2 miles south east of Minehead. |
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West Somerset Railway Plc, The Railway Station,
Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5BG. Tel: 01643 704996. Enjoy 20 miles
of glorious Somerset scenery with the West Somerset Railway.
The train runs from Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton, beside the
Quantock Hills northwards to the coast, then on to Minehead.
www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk. Station at Minehead. |
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Driftwood
Cafe in Blue Anchor. Driftwood Café, Blue Anchor Bay,
Blue Anchor, Somerset, TA24 6LD. Cafe, Food, beach themed goods.
www.thedriftwood.co.uk. Close
to the West Somerset Railway. |
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Cleeve Abbey, Washford, Somerset, TA23 0PS.
The picturesque Cistercian abbey of Cleeve boasts the most impressively
complete and unaltered set of monastic cloister buildings in
England. Toilets. Shop. Most of ground floor accessible either
via 4 steps or via alternative route. Ramp access from grounds
to church and cloisters; cobbles and gravel in courtyard. www.english-heritage.org.uk.
About 6 miles east of
Minehead. |
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