Bedrooms adjoin one another and for those with four legged walking companions Dogs are very welcome. The Bar offers a cosy haven for a relaxing drink and friendly conversation, a wonderful place to exchange stories with other guests or regular customers of the days outing in front of log fires. An ancient green, stone walls, and rustic fences, Beneath the arcs of quaint historic bridges Time's waters carve inevitable ridges. Winsford has a long history. This attractive well set out village on the River Exe and the Winn Brook, considered to be one of England's prettiest, is notable for its eight bridges over running waters, including a packhorse bridge.
Old cottages add their allure.
The picturesque thatched and much photographed Royal Oak Inn facing the green, parts of which originated in the 12th century, has a fine restaurant and 14 bedrooms. Ernest Bevin, the great trade union leader, wartime Minister of labour, and later Foreign Secretary, was born in the village on 7 March 1881. The Old Schoolhouse was where Bevin was enrolled at age three. The parish church of St. Mary Magdalene on The Steep, with its lofty tower and rounded arch stone doorway, has a Norman font, a 13th century chancel, a large painted panel of the Royal Arms of James I dates 1609, and a peal of six bells. In Exmoor Countrie Designated a National Park in 1954, Exmoor lies one third in Devon and two thirds in Somerset, every acre of which is privately owned or belongs to a corporate concern such as the National Trust or the Somerset County Council.