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    Countryside
     Open all year  
    Tea gardens & shop
     15 Mar–31 Mar 08  10:30–4:30 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
     1 Apr–30 Sep 08  10:30–5:30 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
     1 Oct–2 Nov 08  10:30–4:30 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
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    WC  WCs
    National Trust WC at Watersmeet House tea-room. Public WCs in Lynton and Lynmouth. WC for visitors to Sandpiper Inn in Countisbury.
     
    Families and children  Families & children
    Baby-changing facilities at Watersmeet House tea-room.
     
    Dogs  Dogs
    Please keep dogs on leads, particularly in spring on farmed land (due to lambing) and on moorland (due to ground-nesting birds).
     
    Picnics  Picnic areas
    Combe Park and north bank riverside area below Watersmeet/Chiselcombe bridge.
     
    Refreshments  Refreshments
    National Trust tea-room and garden at Watersmeet House.
     
    Pub  Public houses
    Sandpiper Inn, Countisbury.
    Rockford Inn, Rockford.
    Staghunters, Brendon.
    Cottage Inn, Lynbridge.
    Several more in Lynmouth and Lynton.
     
    Shop  Shopping
    National Trust shop at Watersmeet House.
     
    Information for visitors  Information for visitors
    Watersmeet and Countisbury National Trust leaflet available from the shop and at tourist information centres in the area.
     
    Learning  Learning
    Educational visits accompanied by a countryside warden available. Residential group stays at Exmoor Basecamp, Countisbury.
     
    Holiday cottage  National Trust holiday cottages
    Countisbury Hill Cottage, Countisbury near Lynton, sleeps 4.

    The Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage at Foreland Point, Countisbury, sleeps 10.
     
    Base camps  Base camp
    Exmoor Base Camp, a converted stone barn at Countisbury, sleeps 18.

    Find out more
     
    Self catering  Self catering
    Kipscombe Farm, Countisbury, sleeps 6 +. Conact James Bryant, 01598 741152.
     

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    Visitors enjoy refreshments in the Watersmeet tea garden
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