Exmoor Owl and Hawk Centre is situated within Exmoor National Park, just one mile from Porlock. This delightful village has recently been awarded best Somerset village for 2009. Here you can find places to eat, such as The Ship Inn on the High Street, situated opposite the Porlock Visitor Centre, where you can find out everything you need to know about the local area. If you wish for a meal to mark a special occasion we recommend Mullions Restaurant, Minehead, renowned throughout the area for their extensive use of fresh local produce, creating wonderful home cooked meals, served by friendly staff in a warm,relaxed and intimate atmosphere, or Andrews on the Weir, Porlock Weir.

We are situated within the National Trust Holnicote Estate, a stunning estate given to the National Trust by the Acland family in 1944. Our farmhouse, built in 1456, was part of this estate, and we are surrounded by endless riding and walking countryside. If you stay with us you will never tire of the beautiful spots within walking distance of our farmhouse, and will long to return once you have left!

There are plenty of visitor attractions within short driving distance such as: Animal Farm Adventure Park is set on 23 acres of farm land in the beautiful Somerset countryside; Bristol Zoo where you can spend a fun- acked day with over 400 amazing species from lions to love beetles; with most of the exhibits under cover, you can enjoy your visit whatever the weather; Dunster Castle with its romantic turrets and towers, remodelled in the 19th century, but an important fortress for over 1,000 years, on a dramatic hilltop location with sweeping views over Exmoor and the Bristol Channel, terraced gardens with sub-tropical plants, home to the National Collection of strawberry trees!

North Devon hosts the Milky Way Adventure Theme Park, in North Devon - a great day out in Devon for all the family; Exmoor Zoo is a unique and an unusual zoo to visit with birds, mammals, monkeys and lemurs;Tropiquaria, situated on your way into Minehead from the M5, exhibits an unusual mixture of reptiles, monkeys and other creatures;the Cobbaton Combat Centre - a Military museum covering most of World War II;Some distance away you can visit the Eden Project - Walk down into Eden and travel the world in a day; from the rainforests to the warm Mediterranean.

If you are looking for something a little more exciting, or full of activity, then try some of the local activity providers - Discovery Safaris offers exciting wildlife Safaris on Exmoor in a purpose fitted Landrover; you can try Fly Fishing on Exmoor with Nick Hart - a great day out for all levels of fishermen! or one of the Stuart Line Cruises   Discover the History, Beauty and Wildlife of the north Devon Coast; the Gnome Reserve where you can visit one of North Devon 's family run attractions a fun day out for the whole family. Closer to home you will find the Minehead Golf Course  Founded in 1882, Minehead and West Somerset is the second oldest club in Somerset.

There is plenty of local alternative accommodation, and the area offers some excellent hotels, Overstream Hotel, or The Dunkery Beacon Country House with stunning views over Exmoor National Park. Nearby in Dunster the Yarn Market Hotel offers accommodation for groups and families. The Crown Hotel, Exford, is a 17th century family run hotel, offering dog friendly accommodation. West Ilkerton Farm is a secluded hill farm offering self catering accommodation set in the beautiful countryside of Exmoor National Park and Highcliffe House, Lynton & Lynmouth, is an award winning Exmoor guest house offering B&B in the Boutique Hotel style, overlooking Lynton & Lynmouth in Devon. The location provides the backdrop for romantic guest accommodation within Exmoor National Park. If you are still stuck for places to stay try looking at some excellent local websites, such as Everything Exmoor a free encyclopedia, built by the community and businesses of Exmoor offering information on every aspect of life in the Exmoor National Park - it gathers knowledge of Exmoor in one place and signposts readers to web sites containing more detailed information, or Exmoor Holiday Group - quality inspected farm holiday accommodation across Exmoor, including riding and stabling opportunities, and Exmoor-accommodation - a good directory website with all kinds of accommodation and things to do.

West Weald Falconry - Offering a simply huge range of top quality falconry and ferreting equipment for over 20 years
with customer service that is second-to-none.
Try them and see the difference.

We have made a collection below of other websites that we particularly recommend, and those that we visit regularly during the course of our day to day routine.

Vermex - natural wormer for all your animals

Hilton Herbs, full of information on herbal health tips for your pets and horses, and supplements which are essential in varying degrees! A honeypot of healthcare!

We currently use bitless bridles from Bitless Bridle.co.uk , and treeless saddles, and have purchased and thoroughly recommend Freemax saddles made by a local supplier here on Exmoor.

Exmoor Adventures - outdoor and more extreme activities on Exmoor

Active Exmoor - for outdoor activities and events on Exmoor

The Independent Bird Register is a mine of information for anything falconry, and we highly recommend a visit to browse other Centres, information about bird of prey rescue, equipment, courses, and loads of other useful information.

Exmoor Photo Gallery - Jack Cleggs amazing photos of birds and wildlife on Exmoor

Equine Tourism - a website about everything for you and your horse................

Visit this wonderful doggy website for all things canine - www.thepawsociety.co.uk - the dog friendly directory. Paws awhile and enjoy.

SOUTH AFRICA

If you would like to make a nest box for Spotted Eagle Owls to help in their conservation visit this website, and enjoy - Owlshouse - and watch this video to help you construct it - our Dela and Tiksi are shown on the video! : : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnGvny_WSbs&feature=youtu.be

Perhaps you would like to go volunteering with birds of prey in South Africa - a beautiful country with amazing opportunities - then try out Dullstroom Birds of Prey and Rehabilitation Centre. The Centre desperately needs your help to enable them to help the wild birds of prey which are all on the decline in Africa. View their poster today. POSTER . You can stay as paying volunteers, on a two week, Four Week and three month program - just get in touch with Mark at falconer@dullstroom.net - IF I WERE YOUNG I WOULD JUMP AT THIS OPPORTUNITY!!