Join us on our Exmoor guided walks and explore some of the less travelled paths of Exmoor
Malcolm and I have spent the past 11 years or so exploring the length and breadth of Exmoor National Park. We now have a good knowledge of the best places to go depending on the weather, or for spotting wildlife or the best picnic spots and views. Join us to make the most of your time here, and experience the best that Exmoor has to offer!
Please phone for more info and to book…..we are always out and about so can usually fit in a short notice request!
Each of our guided walks on Exmoor can be adjusted to your group’s ages and abilities, so that it takes a morning or an afternoon, and can include a picnic or a traditional pub lunch.
charges are £ 40 per person, per half day,£15.00 for children 10-15 years, a minimum charge of £105 will apply
£ 60 per person for a full day, £25 under 16 years. minimum charge of £150 will apply.
Lunch taken at a pub is payable to the Landlord, to allow you choice from the whole menu and the full freedom of the bar!
Our picnics are handmade and use local Exmoor produce where possible.
Priced at £20 per head, a typical menu would include homemade sausage rolls or pasty, cheese and homemade bread, fruit and crunchy flapjacks with cordial or hot drinks, depending on the season. We have thoroughly researched the most scenic and comfortable spots for our Exmoor picnics…no risk of finding that peachy sheltered spot just around the corner when you’ve just finished!
Veggie, gluten free and allergies easily catered for…just ask at booking.
Exmoor Guided Walks
Celebrate your special occasion in style!
- Significant birthdays
- Hen weekends
- Reunions
- Get togethers
Let us do the navigating whilst you enjoy the socialising!
We can organise a homemade cake and/or fizz of any or all descriptions.
Walk in the footsteps of Coleridge as he imagines Kubla Khan
- Leaving from Porlock weir we climb quickly up through the woods and onto a lane which takes us past the farmhouse where Coleridge wrote Kubla Khan.
- We then ramble through ancient woodland down to the historic and tiny Culbone Church, claimed to be the smallest complete parish church in England.
- We stop in the churchyard for refreshments before walking back down to the coast through part of the grounds of Ada Lovelace’s country house (sadly demolished), Lord Byron’s only legitimate daughter and, with Charles Babbage, one of the inventors of the early computer.
- There is a wonderful old smugglers pub at the weir for lunch or a beer before returning home.
The story of Lorna Doone and the Doone Valley
- Very varied literary guided Exmoor walk with the classic tale of Lorna Doone woven through it.
- See the water slide that John Ridd battled up to gain access to the secret Doone stronghold.
- Visit the remains of the medieval village that was home to the vagabond Doones.
- Stand on the very spot in the church where poor Lorna was shot on her wedding day.
- Have a delicious devonshire cream tea at the Lorna Doone tearooms at Malmsmead.
- Half day or day walk…..you choose, and we will sort the itinerary to suit.
Explore the Victorian Heritage of Lynton and Lynmouth, with a water powered ascent of the cliff between the two!
- Combine this guided walk with a trip on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
- Immerse yourself in the Victorian era with a ride on the Cliff Railway to promenade to the Valley of The Rocks along the cliff path (good, paved surface).
- Wonderful views to be had across the Bristol Channel to the Welsh coast
- A guided tour of the town’s unique Victorian architecture,, thanks to Sir George Newnes, extraordinary philanthropist.
- The morning or afternoon is rounded off nicely with a trip on an original steam train from Woody Bay
- Optional cream tea at the Station.
Watersmeet, Exmoor walk with lunch at the Rockford Arms
- This area is great for a family guided walk
- River Valley walk with stunning waterfalls and swimming holes for the adventurous!
- Sheltered walking in the characterful oak woods of Exmoor
- Beautiful scenery at any time of year
- National Trust tearoom with Delicious Devonshire cream teas.
- Cosy traditional Exmoor pub to warm up and dry off…or sit out on their riverside terrace in the sun!
- Half day or day walk…..you choose, and we will sort the itinerary to suit.
The Old Mineral Line and The Incline at Raleghs Cross
- Learn about the recent industrial history of the Brendon Hills.
- Visit the Chimney stack of Bearland Flue and enjoy the peace and quiet of today’s Chargot Woods.
- Imagine life for the miners in the 1870s, when more than 200 men were living and working here.
- Walk down “the Incline”, built between 1857 and 1861 to carry iron ore down to the harbour at Watchet.
- 16th century Exmoor pub to warm up and dry off…or sit out in the garden in the sun!
- Half day or day walk…..you choose, and we will sort the itinerary to suit.
Hoar Oak Cottage, the Two Moors Way and the source of the river Exe
- A fabulous walk on a clear and sunny day.
- Walk into the Hoaroak valley with its bronze age barrows, cairns and standing stones.
- Picnic in the ruined front room of a traditional shepherds Cott.
- Enjoy the same views that the shepherd and his family would have enjoyed in the 1800s.
- Hike across remote moorland.
- This one merits a full day walk…..you will experience Exmoor at its most remote, ancient history and fabulous views
An Exmoor guided walk with a story, suitable for children and adults.
The Knight Family, Simonsbath and the story of Wheal Elisa
- The centre of the original Exmoor Forest
- Relatively easy access but totally unspoilt, far reaching views
- Hear the story of poor little Anna Maria, murdered by her father and thrown down a mine shaft.
- Follow the banks of the Barle river and picnic on the bank.
- Or hole up in The Exmoor Forest Inn, a great place to celebrate a bracing winter walk with a tot or two!
- Half day or day walk…..you choose, and we will sort the itinerary to suit.