Wheal Eliza on the banks of the River Barle south of Simonsbath - former copper and iron mine operating between 1845 and 1857. @SusanLocke7 @ExmoorNPCs @ExmoorNP @StormHour #Exmoor

Thank you! Is it the car park in Simonsbath? As we can park and do the walk, or is it elsewhere?

Hi Claire, you can park at the car park at Ashcombe in Simonsbath TA24 7SH (it has loos), turn right back on to the main road, walk down the road and turn left to the footpath that follows the river - more details and scroll down for an online OS map 👉 exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/e…

Three Combes Foot | A night under Exmoor's stars A tent glows softly on the open moor at Three Combes Foot while the heavens wheel overhead, the stars so thick and bright they almost crowd the sky. This is wild camping in a Dark Sky Reserve — just you, a sleeping bag, and the entire galaxy for a ceiling. Three Combes Foot sits deep in the heart of Exmoor, far from any road or street light, where the darkness is among the best in the whole of England. On a clear night the difference is astonishing: constellations you've never been able to pick out at home suddenly leap into view, the Milky Way arcs from horizon to horizon, and the occasional shooting star draws a gasp. Bring a flask, bring a friend, and let the night sky do the rest. Would you spend a night out here under the stars, or is that one step too wild for you? 🏠 Stay near Simonsbath: thebestofexmoor.co.uk/stay-i… 📷 Photo: Shaun Davey #thebestofexmoor #Exmoor #DarkSkies

These are the rainfall figures for the 1st 8 days of June 01/06 09Z to 08/06 18Z ..... There are some very big numbers in here, 200mm over Dartmoor at White barrow that's 8 Inches in 8 Days. 141mm at Kinsford Gate on Exmoor near Simonsbath is nearly 6 inches of rain. Over 60mm here in Bournemouth is over 2 inches of rain, (The entire average for June is 53.35mm) Top of the List is The Lake District seeing 247mm at Honister Pass - that's nearly 10 Inches of rain in 8 days.... More rain to come this week, then continued signal for drier weather over the weekend but latest GFS and ECWMF Longer signals show the Jet breaking through again after a few days. Still some uncertainty but certainly the ECMWF ENS 500mb Height Ensemble Mean and Anomaly doesn't show as strong a ridge as it was in earlier runs.

Emmett's Grange, Simonsbath | A grand moorland house for the whole party — sleeps 13. High on the open moor near Simonsbath, Emmett's Grange is a handsome country house built for gatherings. Six bedrooms sleeping up to 13, generous sitting rooms, and big skies in every direction — it's made for the kind of holiday where the whole family or a group of friends takes over one place and settles in. Walks straight onto the moor, Simonsbath and the Exe valley nearby, and long evenings together once the day's adventuring is done. Who would you bring for a week on the moor? 🏠 Book Emmett's Grange: thebestofexmoor.co.uk/stay-i… 💬 Or WhatsApp us: wa.me/447798536801 📷 Photo: The Best of Exmoor #thebestofexmoor #Exmoor #Simonsbath

The River Barle south of Simonsbath @susanlocke7 @exmoornp @exmoornpc @Stormhour #Exmoor

Weds in St Luke’s Simonsbath Exmoor. Could be interesting after the news that Natural England has issued a licence enabling the next phase of white-tailed eagle reintroductions in permitting the release of up to 20 birds on Exmoor National Park.

Simonsbath | where the river writes its own story The River Barle winds quietly through the valley below Simonsbath on a crisp autumn morning, its water tumbling over moss-covered rocks as it catches the early light. Orange bracken blazes across the hillsides, russet ferns curl at the water's edge, and bare trees stand against a sharp blue sky — that particular kind of stillness you only find deep in Exmoor. Simonsbath sits at the heart of the moor, one of Exmoor's most remote and unspoilt villages, and this valley walk along the Barle is one of those routes that rewards you at every turn. Have you walked the River Barle? We'd love to know your favourite stretch 👇 🏡 Staying near Simonsbath: thebestofexmoor.co.uk/stay-i… 📷 Photo: Neville Stanikk #thebestofexmoor #Simonsbath #ExmoorRivers

Tamsin Whaley-Cohen & Cordelia Williams playing at the Simonsbath Festival this evening. Arvo Pärt, Debussy, Brahms & Schubert all played wonderfully.

Throwback to a misty morning near Simonsbath. What time would you set your alarm for this? Golden light bursting through the trees. Ten minutes of magic – if you're lucky enough to be there. ✨ Stay nearby: thebestofexmoor.co.uk/stay-i… 📍 Near Simonsbath, Exmoor 📷 Neville Stanikk

“If you want to know where the deer goes, follow the quadbikes!” The Devon and Somerset Staghounds/quads strike again. Sadly a stag was killed today after being chased all the way from Simonsbath to Cheriton. They went for another victim but were thankfully curtailed by fog.

Light snow shower near Simonsbath on Exmoor, unlikely to set in any great capacity and most of the precipitation around is just sleet and freezing rain... nonetheless a bit of ❄️🤣 #snow #uksnow #metoffice #warning #exmoor #yellowsnow #ice

Talk on Nature Conservation along the Upper Barle - From Water Vole Habitat to Peatland Restoration Tuesday 24 February 3.30pm -5pm Drop in to White Rock Cottage, Ashcombe, Simonsbath, for tea and cake from 3:30pm with a presentation from our ecologists at 4pm

My current favourite book is about Somerset, written in 1912. The prose is lovely and purpley (though the author can be scathing about, for example, the filthy Tudors). 'If a man would know what Exmoor is, let him not waste his breath by climbing Dunkery, seventeen hundred feet and more over the sea. Dunkery stands upon the seaward confines of the moor and will tell him little of the lie of the land. Let him march afoot from Porlock to Simonsbath and on to Moles Chamber, and then back by Exe Head and Pinkery Pond to Badgery Water; not till he has done this will he have seen the moor; that bare rolling waste very like the sea, with its long heaving monotony of grey water, without a voice, without life and without human habitation, for there is only the sound of wind and of running water, only the life of a rare black cock or curlew, a rarer pony, only far off, lost in the rolling bald downs a shepherd's hut for dwelling. That is the moor and its face is the face of eternity' Brr.

The Barle Valley to the south of Simonsbath is one of the most picturesque stretches on Exmoor. Our Rangers have made improvements to the path between Simonsbath and Landacre Bridge, on a picturesque corner between Wheal Eliza and Cow Castle...

Join Arthur and Hilary as they explore Exmoor's history in #Selworthy #Lynton #Lynmouth #Simonsbath #Exford #Dulverton #Dunster #Minehead #Porlock #Cleeve Did Arthur meet your ancestors? Has Hilary found the answers to local puzzles? mybook.to/2gpty7e #Genealogy #Postcards

Join Arthur and Hilary as they explore Exmoor's history in #Selworthy #Lynton #Lynmouth #Simonsbath #Exford #Dulverton #Dunster #Minehead #Porlock #Cleeve Did Arthur meet your ancestors? Has Hilary found the artist Arthur met at the Weir? mybook.to/2gpty7e #Postcards