Local Area

North Devon Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO)

The holiday let overlooks the 970 hectare area of sand dunes of Braunton Burrows the core of Britain's only new style UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Explore the high dunes and mysterious slacks in between, where during the Second World War troops trained before the D Day invasion.

Alongside, visit the medieval Braunton Great Field, one of only two surviving strip farming field systems in the country, where a small handful of farmers still grow crops on long narrow strips of land.

Beside the Great Field you will find Braunton Marsh, reclaimed from the sea between 1811 and 1815. The area abounds with wildlife and old marsh barns (linhays) and is still controlled by the Braunton Marsh Internal Drainage Board comprising of local farmers, known as the Marsh Inspectors.

Learn more about this fascinating area through a visit to the Braunton Countryside Centre where frequent talks are given, or go on organized walks to hear about the diversity of the flora and fauna to be found in the Burrows.