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Porlock Voyage Tips and guide

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Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset in Exmoor National Park with a population of 1,440 in 2011. Following West End Lane takes you to West Porlock and then Porlock Weir with its harbour.

Understand

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Get in

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Porlock can be reached by car on the A39 from Minehead

By bus

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The Exmoor Coaster[dead link] open top double deaker bus runs from Lynmouth to Watchet via Minehead along the A39 with magnificent coastal views.

Get around

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See

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  • 1 Dovery Manor Museum, Doverhay, Porlock TA24 8PY, +44 1643 863083. M-Sa 10:30AM-4:30PM; Su 10AM-4PM 1st May to 30th Sep. Museum of local artefacts, photographs and pictures. Free. Dovery Manor Museum (Q7230185) on Wikidata Dovery Manor Museum on Wikipedia OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions
  • 2 The Church of St Dubricius. The church dates from the 13th century. The spire was damaged in a storm of 1703. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. Within the church is a 15th-century tomb of John Harrington who fought alongside Henry V in France in 1417. Church of St Dubricius, Porlock (Q5117396) on Wikidata Church of St Dubricius, Porlock on Wikipedia
  • 3 Bury Castle (east of the village). An Iron Age hill fort that is a National Trust property. Bury Castle (Q5001077) on Wikidata Bury Castle, Selworthy on Wikipedia
  • On Porlock Hill, there is the prehistoric Porlock Stone Circle.
  • Culbone Church is said to be the smallest church in England. The main structure is frim the 12th century. Services are still held there, despite the lack of road access – Culbone is a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) walk from Porlock Weir, and some 4 mi (6.4 km) from Porlock.
  • The village adjoins the Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh nature reserve, created from the lowland behind a high shingle embankment which was breached by the sea in the 1990s, which has now been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Copses of white dead trees remind the visitor of when this was freshwater pasture.
  • At low tide the remains of a submerged forest can be seen on Porlock Beach. The area was several miles inland until the sea level in the Bristol Channel rose about 7000 to 8000 years ago.

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The South West Coast Path goes through Porlock, many walkers stopping rather than continuing the long walk to Lynton. There is also a 'Coleridge Way' walk.

Buy

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Eat

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Porlock Weir

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Drink

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Royal Oak in High St.

Porlock Weir

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Sleep

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  • 1 The Gables B&B, The Drang, Doverhay, TA24 8LG. The Gables Hotel (Q26629016) on Wikidata OSM directions Apple Maps directions (beta) Google Maps directions

Porlock Weir

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Connect

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Go next

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  • East to Lynton and Lynmouth 13.8 mi (22.2 km) on the A39 after climbing Porlock Hill into Exmoor.
  • West to Minehead 5.6 mi (9.0 km) on the A39.
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