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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. www.nationaltrust.org.uk. About 4 miles
west of Watchet.
The Dunster Dolls Museum,
Memorial Hall, 17 High Street, Dunster, Minehead, TA24 6SF. Collection
of 7000 dolls from different periods and countries. About 4 miles
west of Watchet.
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 Watchet.
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 2 miles
south of Watchet.
Coleridge Cottage, 35 Lime Street, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater,
Somerset TA5 1NQ. Tel: 01278 732662. Home of the poet Samuel
Taylor Coleridge. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was written
here. National Trust. Charges apply. About 7 miles east of Watchet.
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