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A paradise for walkers, mountain bikers - sporting parties or simply relaxing taking in the amazing views across the Bristol Channel to South Wales & Brecon beacons. A landscape of extraordinary natural beauty and dramatic coastal scenery. The first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty established in 1957.

http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/

Bird sanctuary at Steart, on the Seven Estuary. The reserve consists of tidal mud flats, saltmarsh, sandflats and shingle ridges. The waterfowl include Shelduck, Wigeon among many others..

http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/stert-island.shtml

Samuel Taylor Coleridge had a deep affection for the Quantocks. (It was here that he wrote Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner). His friends William & Dorothy Wordsworth lived at Alfoxton House for a brief period.

A path leads down from the chantry through fields now used as a car-park to Kilve beach described by William Wordsworth as 'Kilve's delightful shore' The beach is an area of Special Scientific Interest. Exposed limestone from the late Triassic and Jurassic period (215-200 million years ago) presents wonderful fossil beds. The fossil remains of the hard coiled shells are commonly found on the beach.

http://everythingexmoor.com/_K/Kilve.php

The Coleridge Way. Walk 36 miles through the stunning Somerset countryside of the Quantock Hills, the Brendon Hills and Exmoor. The West Somerset Coast Path. Kilve & Lilstock Coastal Walk with views across the Bristol Channel to the islands of Steepholm and Flatholm. At Lilstock once a working port. Another favourite from Kilve to East Quantoxhead via the coastal path back to Kilve.

http://www.coleridgeway.co.uk/

Tropiquaria Wildlife Park. Inside jungle, puppet theatre, pirate adventure galleons outside in the park.

http://www.tropiquaria.co.uk/

Dunster is a must. A medieval village full of shops and a castle. Well worth a visit.

http://www.visitdunster.co.uk/

Fishing from the beach at Kilve & Lilstock for Bass & Cod. Reservoirs at Hawkridge, Clatworthy, Wimbleball Exmoor all trout fishing. Durleigh course fishing. Day tickets available. Sea fishing from Watchet harbour on the Scooby Doo Too (01984 631 310). Charter boats for sea fishing trips & wreck fishing.

Steam trains to the Seaside on The West Somerset Steam Railway. Enjoy 20 miles of glorious Somerset scenery as the train travels through the hills and along the West Somerset Coast. There are ten stations along the route from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead.

http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/

It is widely known that the Quantocks offer the best rides in England. They not only offer undulating rides on the ridge but spectacular and exhilarating downhills. They challenge the more extreme riders with steep descents and rough terrain. The Quantocks never fail to inspire all level of cyclists.

http://www.mbr.co.uk/route_maps/western/quantocks/