HF - Porlock - Car Free
This page is mostly intended to show a possible walk when staying at HF Holnicote House Selworthy (see the page about Selworthy here).
Many years ago there was a CHA house Doverhay Place in Minehead Road, Porlock, It was converted into nine luxury apartments in 2006.
Other CHA houses:
Getting There
From HF Holnicote House you can either walk to Porlock or catch the bus. Note if you catch the bus before 09:30 English bus passes don't work.
There is a layby with 'bus stop' written on the road but no bus stop sign. It is just past the turn off for the NT offices.
- Atwest route 10 from Minehead to Porlock (timetable)
The walk to Porlock involves a bit of up and down (see discovery point).
| There were toilets and small shops: |  |
From Porlock Sparkhayes Lane leads to Porlock Marsh which seemed a bit bleak although its good for wildlife.
From there you can walk back to Holnicote House via Bossington and Allerford.
- see the page about Porlock Weir here
- see the page about Selworthy here
Other Documents on this site
Click on the following for more information
| Former HF Houses | |
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| Conwy (1914- 2011) |  |
| Newlands (1914- 1987) |  |
| Swanage (1947- 1995) |  |
| Isle of Arran (1925- ) |  |
| Scarborough (1954- 1998) |  |
| Lulworth |  |
| Beddgelert |  |
| New Inns |  |
| Penrith |  |
| Milford-on-Sea |  |
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About This SiteHere is some history of former HF houses I have visited (there are also some pages about getting to, and walking from, HF houses without using a car). Over the years I have had holidays in houses that HF have closed. I think it would be good if there were somewhere on the HF website where peoples memories could be stored and made available online. I know that HF have a paper history archive at Newfield Hall and there is an online book by Harry Wroe but I would see this as something HF could do which is more of a online community thing. If you find any errors why not let others know by putting a post on the HF Holiday Fans ( unofficial) Facebook forum. I will try to quote such posts here so they don't get lost. |