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Open-air theatre, activity workshops for children throughout the school holidays, Experience Carriage Driving days and craft and produce fairs |  | Country walks
Range of waymarked walks around the estate |
About this property
Hidden in a wooded valley on the edge of Exmoor, the Arlington Estate houses numerous extraordinary collections, inside and out. The last owner, Miss Rosalie Chichester, developed a deer park and encouraged wildlife on her 1,125-hectare (2,700-acre) estate, which includes an ancient heronry, and today Arlington is recognised as being one of the top spots in Devon for wildlife (particularly famed for its rare lichens, as well as for bats, dormice, hares, otters and owls). You can even spy on the colony of lesser horseshoe bats roosting in the roof of the house, live, using the interactive 'bat-cam' (best time between May and August). The house is crowded with treasures to suit all interests, from model ships and rare 18th-century Beauvais tapestries to an amazing assortment of shells. The Stable Block is home to working horses and the Trust's internationally important collection of more than 50 horse-drawn carriages, from the grand state chariot to sombre hearse. If this whets your appetite for the elegant transport of the past, you can enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride around the grounds. Back down to earth, you will find 12 hectares (30 acres) of informal pleasure grounds, including a formal Victorian garden, to explore, picnic or play in. The recently restored walled kitchen garden provides flowers for the house and produce for the tea-room.
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