West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School, Exmoor National Park

Name: West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School
Address: Exmoor National Park, United Kingdom

#55 among attractions in Exmoor National Park

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The West Somerset Rural Life Museum is a small museum in Allerford, Somerset, England. ()

Established: 1984 (40 years ago)Coordinates: 51°12'42"N, 3°34'10"W

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Exmoor National Park United Kingdom

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West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coleridge Way, Church of All Saints, Scheduled monuments in West Somerset, Church of St Dubricius.

0.5 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Coleridge Way, Porlock
12 min walk • The Coleridge Way is a 51-mile footpath in Somerset and Devon, England. It was opened in April 2005, and the route links several sites associated with the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge starting from Coleridge Cottage at Nether Stowey.
0.9 miE
Church, Historical place
Church of All Saints, Exmoor National Park
25 min walk • The Church of All Saints which sits on a hillside above Selworthy, Somerset, England is a whitewashed 15th-century Church, with a 14th-century tower. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The pulpit includes a 17th-century hourglass and the iron-bound parish chest dates from the same time.
~1240 ftN
Archaeological site
Scheduled monuments in West Somerset, Exmoor National Park
6 min walk • West Somerset was a local government district in the English county of Somerset. It merged with Taunton Deane to form Somerset West and Taunton on 1 April 2019.
1.2 miW
Church
Church of St Dubricius, Porlock
30 min walk • The Church of St Dubricius in Porlock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The dedication is to Dubricius, a 6th-century Briton ecclesiastic venerated as a saint and may indicate he travelled to the area.
1 miW
History museum, Museum
Dovery Manor Museum, Porlock
27 min walk • Dovery Manor Museum, also known as Porlock Museum, is a local museum in Porlock, Somerset, England. The building was built as a Manor house in the late 15th century and extended in the 17th century.
0.5 miNW
Church
Lynch Chapel Of Ease, Exmoor National Park
13 min walk • The Anglican Lynch Chapel Of Ease in West Lynch, Selworthy, Somerset, England was built around 1530. It is a Grade II* listed building.
0.8 miE
Forts and castles
Bury Castle, Exmoor National Park
21 min walk • Bury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort near Selworthy, Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument.
1 miNE
Memorial
Selworthy Beacon, Exmoor National Park
27 min walk • Selworthy Beacon is a hill and Marilyn of Exmoor in Somerset, England. It lies within the boundaries of Exmoor National Park, to the north of the village of Selworthy and northwest of Minehead.
1.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hawkcombe Woods, Porlock
32 min walk • Hawkcombe Woods is a national nature reserve near Porlock on Exmoor, Somerset, England. The 101 hectares woodlands are notable for their lichens, heath fritillary butterfly, red wood ant colonies, dead wood invertebrates and ancient pollards. They are part of the North Exmoor Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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Nearby attractions include Scheduled monuments in West Somerset, Exmoor National Park (6 min walk), Lynch Chapel Of Ease, Exmoor National Park (13 min walk), Bury Castle, Exmoor National Park (21 min walk).