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What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Dogs welcome
Car park for non-members charged per vehicle per day; National Trust members park free by scanning their card. Free designated Blue Badge spaces, subject to availability. Car park is small; in poor weather visitors may be asked to park in Dunster Steep village car park.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Dunster Castle sits on a wooded hill above the village of Dunster, with views over the Bristol Channel and Exmoor. Families can explore the castle's medieval gatehouse and its Victorian rooms, then wander the terraced garden with its Mediterranean and subtropical planting. The grounds include open parkland with a river, a natural play area built around a giant redwood, and a Victorian reservoir to find. A restored 18th-century working watermill sits in the same grounds and shows traditional milling machinery on several floors. The site runs seasonal events, including family activities in autumn and Christmas programmes, and has a tearoom and a shop in the old stables. Parts of the castle involve steep routes and steps, so younger children and buggies may need planning ahead.
Opening pattern changes through the year; see hoursNote. Autumn family activities and a Christmas programme are run each year.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Tissues
- Changing mat
- Sun hat
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Nappies
- Gloves
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