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Devon & Cornwall's Top 16
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Britain's smallest national park (
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straddles the Devon/Dorset border.
While it might not quite have the epic quality of Dartmoor, Exmoor has charms all of its
own, from a unique water-powered railway at Lynton to the panoramic viewpoint of
Dunkery Beacon. But, as always, it's the landscape that's Exmoor's selling point: it's a
photogenic patchwork of medieval fields, ancient oak woods and plunging coombes (val-
leys), and is one of the best places in Britain to spot herds of wild red deer.
