Webber's Post

About

Webber's Post is a lookout on the Trust's Holnicote Estate on Exmoor, with views across Horner Wood and the moorland rising to Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor's highest point. From the car park an Easy Access Trail passes wooden sculptures carved for the Wood 2004 festival and a stone seat marking Sir Richard Acland's gift of the estate to the Trust in 1944. Below lies Horner Wood, a temperate rainforest of oaks up to 500 years old, rich in lichens and home to 15 of Britain's 17 bat species. The rare heath fritillary butterfly flies in the sheltered combes in early summer. Reviewers single out the views from the benches and the choice of walks, from short strolls to the climb up Dunkery. Tips from visitors: parking is plentiful and free. There are no toilets; the nearest are at Horner. Dogs are welcome all year, on leads near livestock. A one-mile circular trail from the car park reaches the 1897 Jubilee Hut.

CountrysideWalking routesDog friendlyCar parkAccessible trailDogs allowed

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Opening times may change at short notice.

Open countryside on the Holnicote Estate; NT's opening calendar gives no set hours.

A remote location: there are no toilets or other facilities at Webber's Post. The nearest are at Horner, with toilets and baby changing also at Bossington.

The Easy Access Trail from the car park suits off-road buggies; elsewhere terrain ranges from level paths to steep slopes, with gates and stiles, and can be muddy after rain.

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Free entry for everyone

Entry

Free for everyone

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Free to visit for everyone.

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No charge for anyone.

Parking details

Free National Trust car park at Webber's Post (main car park grid ref SS903438), with smaller car parks further down the road according to reviewers; one reviewer mentions a donation box towards upkeep. From the A39 4 miles west of Minehead, turn off for Luccombe, continue towards Horner, turn left at Chapel Cross crossroads and climb half a mile to Webber's Post. No postcode is given by NT.

Driving pin: the main car park as mapped by OpenStreetMap (way 599736711), confirmed by a geograph photo taken in the car park (SS 9027 4388) and within about 60 m of the NT trail start grid reference SS903438. NT's own coordinate sits about 100 m south and Google's Webber's Post listing about 60 m west at the viewpoint.