Luccombe
Luccombe is a pretty National Trust village of old cottages, with a beautiful church and thatched shop.
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Luxborough
Luxborough is a scattered village with pub, church and car park. It is a good centre for exploring the forested parts of the Brendon Hills, with walks over the Chargot estate to Kennisham, over Croydon Hill to the deserted village of Clicket, or across the open heaths of Withycombe and Rodhuish Commons.
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Lynmouth
Lynmouth is one of the most poplular destinations in the National Park, Its spectacular setting at the mouths of the wooded gorges of the East and West Lyn rivers, hemmed in by gigantic cliffs have made it a place to visit since the era of the romantic poets in the early 19th century. Boat trips and surfing are popular when conditions are favourable. There are many gift shops and eating places, a National Park Centre, two museums to the 1952 flood disaster which made the village famous, and the equally famous cliff railway to Lynton.
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Lynton
The National Park's main town and service centre with a variety of facilities including plenty of car parking. The buildings are mainly Victorian, of local stone and terracotta roof tiles and a variety of architectural designs, including Swiss-style balconies and carved barge boards. The Lyn and Exmoor Museum has a collection devoted to Exmoor's social history.
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Monksilver
An attractive village which straddles the National Park boundary. Nearby is Combe Sydenham Country Park, with a sixteenth-century house which was home of Elizabeth Sydenham, second wife of Sir Francis Drake. There are pleasant walks over rolling farmland to Nettlecombe Park and superb views from Bird's Hill.
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