Simonsbath

England

Simonsbath perches on Exmoor's high plateau, a remote Somerset village surrounded by heather moorland and dramatic upland scenery. Reach it via the B3224 from Minehead or winding lanes from Exford, with Bristol about two hours away. The village centres on Simonsbath House Hotel, a Victorian hunting lodge that once anchored an ambitious scheme to tame the surrounding wilderness into farmland.