Porlock

Porlock is a quiet coastal village in Somerset, England, situated in a deep hollow below Exmoor, five miles west of Minehead. The village has a population of 1,377 (2002 estimate). It adjoins a salt marsh nature reserve created when the lowland behind a high shingle embankment was breached by the sea in the 1990s. Copses of white dead trees remind the visitor of when this was fresh water pasture.

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A picturesque, wooded combe called Hawkcombe leads about three miles from the village up to high open moorland. The stream from Hawkcombe runs underground beneath the Overstream Hotel in the center of the village.

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

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Culbone church is said to be the smallest church in England. The main structure is 12th century. Services are still held there, despite the lack of road access - it is a two-mile walk from Porlock Weir.

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A new toll road bypasses the 1-in-4 gradient on Porlock Hill. There is an ancient stone circle on the hill.

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The area has links with several Romantic poets, and R. D. Blackmore the author of Lorna Doone.

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Exmoor: Exmoor National Park is a national park situated on the Bristol Channel coast of Devon and Somerset in South West England. The park is 693 km² (267 mile²) of hilly open moorland. Exmoor is one of the first British National Parks, designated in 1954, and is named after its main river, the...

Porlock related Images and Photos (experimental)

Bossington Beach at Sunrise Porlock Weir Dorset