Visitors enjoying the shade and cool water at Tarr Steps, Exmoor National Park

How to get to Exmoor

Train

Major rail stations:

Taunton and Tiverton Parkway

Local rail stations:

Bus

National Express Coaches call at Tiverton, Minehead, Barnstaple and Taunton from all over the UK. Connecting local bus services are available for your onward journey into the National Park.

Local buses

Cycle

  • Sustrans - West Country Way - A 259-mile route from Padstow, through Exmoor, to Bristol or Bath.
  • Active Exmoor - A circular 60 mile Tour of Britain route, with suggested accommodation
  • Tarka Trail - 30 mile trail between Braunton and Meeth, along old railway lines

Bike hire

Walking

  • Coleridge Way - A 36-mile trail through the Quantock Hills, Brendon Hills and Exmoor, a landscape that inspired the poet Coleridge.
  • South West Coast Path - The 630-mile South West Coast Path starts at Minehead on the edge of the Exmoor National Park and finishes at Poole Harbour in Dorset. Luggage transfer available.
  • Luggage transfers - Baggage transfer along the whole South West Coast Path
  • The Two Moors Way - A 102-mile waymarked long-distance walk from Ivybridge on the southern edge of Dartmoor to Lynmouth, Exmoor.
  • Exe Valley Way - 45 mile trail from the Exe Estuary on to Exmoor.
  • For more car-free walks see www.exploremoor.co.uk/car-free

Boat

Exmoor's three major rivers, the Barle, Exe and Lyn and two large lakes, Wimbleball and Wistlandpound, provide opportunities for fishing, canoeing, sailing, windsurfing and rowing.

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