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Guest Accommodation in Minehead

Directory guide list of B&B, bed and breakfasts, guest houses and hotel accommodation in Minehead, greater Exmoor

Welcome to the official Website of Minehead's Hotel Association (representing the town's Hotels, Guest Houses & B&Bs). Minehead has something to offer YOU, whether you are staying here for a short break or planning a longer holiday. Here you will find full details about our members accommodation and information on local places to visit, amenities, facilities for visitors and a town map and guide.

Each year seems to bring more visitors to the large number of special local events and festivals so if you are planning a visit our advice is always BOOK EARLY! If you are in a hurry to find accommodation NOW go straight to our Accommodation Finder page

Somerset's premier holiday resort of Minehead has a superb setting between the heather-clad hills of Exmoor National Park and the coast. The town is sheltered by North Hill (pictured above) which can be seen for miles around. Originally Minehead had 3 separate settlements, but over the years these have joined together. Much of the older parts with thatched cottages and narrow alleyways survive. The best known is Church Steps below St. Michael's Church on North Hill (pictured right).

Since Victorian times holidaymakers have been coming to Minehead because of the attractiveness of the surroundings, the mild weather and the wide sandy beach. Many stayed on at the turn of the last century and some of them may still be here, since the local climate is a very healthy one! Today Minehead and district offers its visitors modern amenities and facilities, whilst conserving the best of the past: - the enormously popular West Somerset Steam Railway, the old town with its many spacious Edwardian era villas (some of which are today's guest houses) and the attractive old harbour area and nearby medieval village of Dunster with its superb castle.

Miinehead, like all UK resorts is seasonal of course, but less so than most because of the growing number of people taking long weekend breaks throughout the year. The proximity of the Exmoor National Park, together with the beautiful National Heritage Coastline keeps Minehead lively and we increasingly think of our town as an all-year-round destination. If you doubt this, just take a look at the EVENTS CALENDAR on this website. So excellent is Minehead as a base for walking and touring, that many guest houses find their guests returning year after year without exhausting the areas to be explored and enjoyed and on retirement quite a few decide, like their ancestors before them, that they would like to move here permanently.

Minehead is situated right on the Exmoor National Park boundary and has a wide choice of excellent walks starting in the town and leading out into the beautiful Exmoor countryside. The best known is the South West Coast Path which starts on the seafront (starting from the bronze "map and hands" also pictured in these pages ) and follows the coast to Lands end End and on to Poole Harbour in Dorset. And if you want to explore some of North Devon while you are here, then the Devon border is only 12 miles west of Minehead, along the coast road.

Please explore our other pages for more information. We hope you like what you see and look forward to your "Stay in Minehead". We have produced a short MINIGUIDE & MAP which you can print. We also have an accommodation locator

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