Exmoor House is very well placed for exploring the National Park. We're in Wheddon Cross, right in the heart of Exmoor and the moor's highest village at 980 feet above sea level. It's a real working community with several farms, a cattle market, pub, school, church and shop/post office/petrol station.

The village is about three miles south-east of Dunkery Beacon, the highest point on Exmoor and home to a herd of Exmoor ponies. There are fantastic panoramic views from Dunkery Hill: wild moorland to the west, the Bristol Channel and Wales to the north, the rolling Brendon Hills to the east and the Quarme Valley to the south.

Cutcombe is the older part of the village (it's a nice stroll from Exmoor House to the church and back). Wheddon Cross grew up around the crossroads in the early 1800s, as a staging post on the turnpike from Minehead to Tiverton.

Some of the many places to visit near Wheddon Cross include:

Snowdrop Valley - see our Snowdrop Valley page for more information. Very pretty even when the snowdrops aren't in bloom!Holnicote Estate, owned by the National Trust and offering some superb walking

The bustling village of Porlock, also Porlock Weir: a quiet backwater that is just right for a summer’s day

Dunster with its historic castle, yarn market and water mill

Dulverton, a pretty little town beside the River Barle with an interesting museum

Winsford Hill, another National Trust owned piece of moorland with fantastic views - and Exmoor pony sightings virtually guaranteed!

For more information on Wheddon Cross and Cutcombe, visit the excellent village website at www.wheddoncross.org.uk.

Exmoor House was a guest house in the 1940s too, as this old postcard shows