Most Picturesque English Village: Selworthy (Exmoor, Somerset)

Come with us as we explore the charming village of Selworthy in Somerset, nestled in the expansive Holnicote Estate. With hikes to the coast and views over vast swathes of Exmoor from Selworthy Beacon, this picturesque English village is not to be missed!

We started the day in our lovely cabin in Porlock Weir, Somerset, where we were invited to stay by The Best of Exmoor (*https://www.thebestofexmoor.co.uk/274.html and use the code lozsleisure to get £30 off any holiday cottage stay!). After a lovely morning watching the birds (with the birdfeed we picked up in Minehead), we drove for around 15 minutes to Selworthy.

We parked up in the National Trust car park, which was just past the church and had a fee of £1 in an honesty box. We first headed into the medieval church but unfortunately it was closed for repairs. Nonetheless, we stood just inside its main doors and enjoyed the glorious views it provides over Exmoor. We then wandered down towards the village green to have our first view of a thatched roof of one of the cottages.

Before we went for a cream tea it was time to go on a short hike up to Selworthy Beacon. This took us through some beautiful woodland with ridiculously tall trees. As we came out of the woodland we made our way to Bury Castle, where an iron age hillfort used to stand. We then cut across some land towards the coast where we had views down over Bossington and Porlock and could even see where we were staying!

We carried on the walk through the gorse and along to Selworthy Beacon, which had views of the surrounding moorland and over the Bristol channel all the way to Wales.

We then completed our loop back to Selworthy (with a sandwich stop en route) and walked around the village green surrounded by picturesque thatched cottages. Periwinkle Cottage is also a tearoom so we stopped here in the glorious sunshine for a cream tea, where we were fortunate enough to try whortleberry jam, local to the region.

After a brilliant time exploring Selworthy, we headed down to Bossington and made our way to the beach. It was super blustery but gave us the opportunity to have a look at the World War Two defensive structures built here and check out an old kiln. We then headed back to Porlock Weir for dinner in the town at The Bottom Ship.

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0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Arriving in Selworthy
1:08 - The medieval church
1:42 - Hike through the Holnicote Estate
3:01 - Bury Castle
3:28 - Bossington Hill views
4:38 - Selworthy Beacon
5:43 - Selworthy Village Green
6:37 - Cream tea at Periwinkle Cottage
7:24 - Bossington
8:22 - Bossington Beach
9:08 - World War Two defensive structure
10:32 - The Best of Exmoor
10:51 - Outro

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