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
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- Well over 1200 kms/750 miles of
way
marked
"Rights Of Way"
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- Highest coastal cliffs in England
at 800ft/244m high
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- Over 550 kms/340 miles of mountain
bike and off-road cycling trails
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- Inspired writers the like of Coleridge,
Shelley, Southey, Wordsworth, R.D.
Blackmore to Ted Hughes, Henry
Williamson,
Margaret Drabble,
James Herbert and Dick Francis
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-
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
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- South West Coast Path, Britain's
longest national trail,
extends all
along the Exmoor coast
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Longest stretch of naturally wooded
coastline in the entire British
Isles
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- 2nd highest tidal range in the world
along the Exmoor coast
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- Rarer than the Chinese
panda the
Exmoor Pony is
a unique species
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- Dunkery Beacon is Exmoor's highest
point at 519m/1704ft high
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- Exmoor was once a Royal Forest
and
hunting ground
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- 1000 different flowering plants and
grasses flourish on Exmoor
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- Exmoor's coastline has gained
recognition
as a 'Heritage Coast'
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- Exmoor's cliffs provide one of the
longest and most
isolated seacliff
traverses in Britain
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- The 'Beast of Exmoor',
a crypto
-zoological
phantom cat that
is reported to roam Exmoor
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- A wealth of local folklore, legends
and seasoned tales abound!
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- Exmoor National Park is 69,280
hectares/267 sq. miles in area
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Tel: 01598 753219 · E-mail: info@shelleyshotel.co.uk
Watersmeet Road
Lynmouth Exmoor Devon EX35 6EP
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