Historic sites

Dunster Castle

United Kingdom Somerset Minehead

Dunster Castle
Photo: Maria, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A castle on a wooded hill above the medieval village of Dunster, home to the Luttrell family for 600 years and remodelled as a Victorian country house. Inside are a grand oak staircase and rooms full of family treasures; outside are terraced gardens and a working watermill on the river below.


Wander down the village's high street to the octagonal Yarn Market, then walk into the woods of Exmoor beyond.

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