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Harton Farm
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Quiet, traditional stone farmhouse with comfortable accommodation in rural Exmoor
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Good food using home grown, additive-free meat and organic vegetables and fruit
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Well behaved dogs accepted
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Participation in working farm activities welcome
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Walking maps and visitor information freely available
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Farm trail with nature notes
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Harton
is a 17 th century cottage-style, south facing farmhouse at the end of
a private lane. It is situated in a hidden valley set among trees in an
area of gentle hills just off the southern edge of Exmoor National Park
. As such, it is an ideal touring centre for market towns, National
Trust properties and many gardens including Rosemoor. The walking on
Exmoor is excellent over open moorland, by the coast, or along river
valleys through woodland.
The flower garden
greets you as you approach the house down the lane, and the fruit and
vegetable gardens are behind the stone buildings which make up the
inner yard. A wide range of produce is grown including many unusual
herbs and speciality crops. Meals are home-cooked, including the bread
and icecream, and also the pork, beef and lamb are produced on the farm
to high standards of welfare. Good, wholesome food and plenty of it is
what Harton provides. A vegetarian menu is available too.
Robin and Lindy keep Exmoor Horn sheep and their crossbreeds,
Gloucester Old Spot pigs, a Jersey house-cow and her beefy offspring, a
goat, chickens (spaniels permitting!) and various cats and working
dogs. All the animals are very people-friendly, and are used to being
handled. Children are welcome to join in the job round.
There's a double room with adjoining twin room for children, plus
another twin room, thus maximum of six bedspaces . Children over four
only as there is no cot. Main bedrooms have washbasins and teatrays.
Bathroom is separate with two toilets, bath , shower etc.
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