Dunster High Street - Photograph - Somerset Heritage Centre - A/DWH/296 - from Reverend Derrick collection

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Find out what the old Somerset words ‘skitty vamps’ and ‘sparrow-bills’ (pronounced skeet’ee-vaam’s and spaar’u-bee’ulz) refer to, why the Maharajah of Jodhpur came to tea and see the cannonball hole in the yarn market.

Welcome to the Dunster Village Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.

Start Point: Exmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Dunster TA24 6SE
Route:  from the visitor centre you will take a loop through the village passing the Yarn Mark, Dunster Castle, St Georges Church and the Dove Cote.

Distance:  0.8 miles/1.2km
Duration:  1.5 hours at an amble
Story:  Heritage and Nature

Access:  The walk is on level pavements and paved paths with a short incline up Castle Hill. It is classed as suitable for wheels.

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