Blackdown Hills
For many, the Blackdown Hills epitomise the English countryside. Set on the Devon/Somerset border, its steep wooded ridges, river valleys, meadows and mires are rich in wildlife and heritage. Hembury is a Neolithic settlement, Brown Down takes us into the Bronze Age, there’s the Roman villa at Whitestaunton and medieval discoveries to make at Castle Neroche and Dunkeswell Abbey. Take wildlife walks through Thurlbear Wood and Quants and the rivers Yarty, Culm and Otter, home to beavers…and otters. There are great [...]