Exmoor
Exmoor
Protected Area
View of the Porlock Vale over toward Bossington Hill
from Porlock Hill
State
United Kingdom
Constituent
country
England
County
Somerset, Devon
Districts
West Somerset, North Devon, Mid
Devon
Settlements Withypool, Exford, Simonsbath,
Wheddon Cross, Lynton, Lynmouth
Highest
point
Dunkery Beacon
- elevation
1,703 ft (519 m)
- coordinates
51°09′45″N 3°35′19″W / 51.1625°N
3.58861°W / 51.1625; -3.58861
Lowest point Sea Level
- elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Area
267 sq mi (692 km²)
Geology
Devonian, Carboniferous
Plants
Oak, Ash, Hazel, Lichens, Moss, Fern
Animals
Exmoor Pony, Exmoor Horn,
Whiteface Dartmoor, Cheviot sheep,
Red deer, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon,
Eurasian Curlew, European Stonechat,
Dipper, Dartford Warbler, Ring Ouzel
National
Park of
England
1954
Management Exmoor National Park Authority
- location
Dulverton
- coordinates
51°02′27″N 3°32′54″W / 51.04083°N
3.54833°W / 51.04083; -3.54833
IUCN
category
II - National Park
Website: http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/
Exmoor is a National Park situated on the
Bristol Channel coast of south west England.
The park straddles two counties, with 71% of
the park located in Somerset and 29% loc-
ated in Devon. The total area of the park,
which includes the Brendon Hills and the
Vale of Porlock, covers 267 square miles
(691.5 km2) of hilly open moorland and in-
cludes 34 miles (55 km) of coast. It is primar-
ily an upland area with a dispersed popula-
tion living mainly in small villages and ham-
lets. The largest settlements are Porlock, Dul-
verton, Lynton, and Lynmouth, which togeth-
er contain almost 40% of the National Park
population. Lynton and Lynmouth are com-
bined into one parish and are connected by
the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway.
Prior to being a park, Exmoor was a Royal
Forest and hunting ground, which was sold
off in 1818. Exmoor was one of the first Brit-
ish National Parks, designated in 1954, under
the 1949 National Parks and Access to the
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