Springfield is a haven for wildlife including the famous Red Deer, badgers, foxes and a huge variety of bird life including buzzards and other birds of prey.
Many of our guests walk from the farm to Tarr Steps on the River Barle one of Exmoor’s great beauty spots – a bridge of unhewn stone is just 1½ walk away where you may enjoy one of the best cream teas or other tasty meals at Tarr Farm and beyond to Withypool or Winsford. Springfield is just four miles from the small market town of Dulverton location for the film “Land Girls”.
The ExmoorNational park Visitor centre can be found at Dulverton with up-to-date information on the many attractions in the area including some guided walks. Try part of the Two moors way, The Coleridge Way or the South West Coast Path. Exmoor offers miles of footpaths for walkers of all ages!
Horse Riding
Exmoor is the smallest and many say the best of our National Parks, covering 267 square miles of Somerset and North Devon.
It is of course home to the rare Exmoor Pony and Springfield Farm borders the newly established Exmoor Pony Centre where you may learn about the ponies and go trekking on Exmoor . Other riding establishments are also available nearby.
Fishing
Part of what makes Exmoor so special is the abundance of water with many rivers, the coastline, reservoirs and fishing lakes.
Fly fishing/Sea fishing/Coarse fishing are all possible with the correct licences and permits available from Lance Nicholson, High Street, Dulverton:
Tel 01398 323409
Fishing at Wimbleball Lake enquiries:
Angling and Watersports Centre: Tel 01398 371460
Touring
Touring the area by car reveals the wide variety of landscapes that Exmoor has to offer from hidden wooded valleys to moorland stretching as far as the eye can see. Within easy reach are the North Devon coastal resorts of Lynton and Lynmouth and Woolacombe also the Doone Valley setting for R.D. Blackmore’s romantic novel Lorna Doone.
Somerset has lots to offer too. The West Somerset Railway boasts 20 miles of steam travel by coast and country between Bishops Lydeard and Minehead taking in the Quantock Hills country. Exmoor has a rich cultural heritage. Historic Dunster Castle towers over the mediaeval village High Street. Cleeve Abbey’s ruins are among the best preserved in the UK. There are beautiful gardens to discover, craft workshops in which to browse and artists’ galleries for that special souvenir.
Water-sports to enjoy at Wimbleball Lake as well as fishing and bird watching in the newly constructed Hide. Many picturesque villages to explore and fine National Trust Properties to visit.
We hope you will enjoy visiting this special part of Exmoor!
