Exmoor National Park, United Kingdom

Rest + Wild Exmoor

Price per night from$229.97

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (GBP175.00), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

High on hygge

Setting

Less is moor

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You’ll have a field day at tech-free Rest + Wild Exmoor: five Scandi-style cabins dot this private patch of farmland, where grazing sheep are your only nosy neighbours. Get your fresh-air fix in the neighbouring national park, with hikes past wild ponies and bracing dips in natural pools — topped up with outdoor downtime back at base, where there’s a fire pit, terrace and alfresco bath tub. And with its picture windows and wood-burning stove, cabin fever has never looked so good…

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Five cabins.

Check–Out

10.30am. Check-in, 4pm; both are flexible, for an extra charge (£30).

More details

Rates at Rest + Wild Exmoor are cabin-only. There’s a two-night minimum stay during the week; a three-night minimum applies over weekends.

Also

Unfortunately, this rural stay is not suited to guests with reduced mobility.

At the hotel

At each cabin: outdoor bath tub, fire pit, deckchairs, picnic table, wood-burning stove with logs, kindling and firelighters; kitchenette with a gas hob and fridge; two USB charging points, games and books, minibar, tea- and coffee-making kit, and Wildsmith Skin bath products.

Our favourite rooms

The five cosseting cabins at Rest + Wild Exmoor are named after plants you might find blooming in this arcadian landscape: Fern is in the most secluded spot, with its own parking and corner-of-the-estate co-ords; Woodrush and Juniper are shaded by towering trees. Each pastoral pad looks out to the verdant patchwork of farmland and fields, which are best soaked up from your view-gazing bed, around the fire pit or from the outdoor bath tub.

Packing tips

Ditch your eye mask and alarm clock: the inky skies over Exmoor National Park are a DarkSky Reserve and gentle baa-ing from your grazing field-mates is your wake-up call.

Also

You’ll easily disconnect here, figuratively as well as literally: there’s no WiFi (but there is decent phone signal). There are two USB charging points in your cabin, and you can pre-book a power bank with regular sockets for your camera or laptop.

Pet‐friendly

Up to two pooches are welcome for £25 each a stay, just let staff know in advance. Dogs should be kept on a lead at all times due to the retreat’s livestock-roaming locale. See more pet-friendly hotels in Exmoor National Park.

Children

Welcome, but this secluded stay might be better suited to grown-ups. You’ll have to bring your own baby cot or small travel bed, and the retreat can provide free towels for an additional guest (extra sheets are £15).

Sustainability efforts

These off-grid cabins are powered by solar panels.

Food and Drink

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Hotel restaurant

You’ll find Monmouth Coffee, olive oil, salt and pepper in your cabin, and you can pre-order a bottle (or two) of Terlingham wine to toast to your arrival. If you’re in need of better sustenance than a liquid diet, your kitchenette is equipped with a gas hob, plus a fridge and crockery, for whipping up cosy cabin dinners.

Location

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Address
Rest + Wild Exmoor
Molland
North Devon
EX36 3NB
United Kingdom

You’ll find Rest + Wild Exmoor surrounded by verdant fields on the fringes of Exmoor National Park, near Molland in Devon.

Planes

Exeter Airport is a 45-minute taxi ride from the cabins; Bristol Airport is 90 minutes’ away by road.

Trains

Trains from London and Bristol call at Tiverton Parkway, which is 30 minutes away by road from Rest + Wild. There’s a taxi rank at the station, but you may want to book a cab ahead of arrival.

Automobiles

You’ll want your own set of wheels: it’s a 15-minute drive to Exmoor National Park. Exeter is 50 minutes away by road, and Bristol is just over a 90-minute drive. Each cabin has a designated parking space from where it’s a short, uphill walk to your cabin: a trolley and torches are provided for ferrying luggage and finding your way.

Worth getting out of bed for

There’s a sink-into-me quality to the countryside-surveying beds and bath tubs at Rest + Wild Exmoor, but should you be able to momentarily resist, pastoral pursuits await. Your walking boots will get some wear: highlight hikes include ones to panoramic viewpoint Dunkery Beacon, the Tarr Steps river ramble or along the dramatic coastline at Valley of the Rocks. You could mountain bike or horse ride across the deer-dotted moorland, channel Wim Hof with some wild swimming at the fairytale-like Long Pool, or relish a riverside picnic by the mediaeval Landacre Bridge. Make a beeline for a honey tasting at nearby Quince Honey Farm before concluding your day with some Milky Way-streaked stargazing (you’ll spy constellations from your cabin, or for a nocturnal adventure, take in the night skies at Wimbleball Lake or Bossington Hill).

Local restaurants

You’ll find plenty of pitstop-worthy pubs within a 30-minute drive from your cabin. Housed in a traditional thatched inn, award-winning the Mason’s Arms charms with seasonal set menus and mural-adorned ceilings. Provenance-proud the Exmoor Forest Inn knows the true meaning of locally sourced: grass-fed beef and lamb comes from their own organic farm. Comforting Sunday roasts, cream teas and indulgent dinners impress at gastropub Tarr Farm Inn, even more so after walking the river-hugging Tarr Steps route.

Local cafés

Head to Rachel’s Tearoom and Bakery for generously filled sandwiches, frothy lattes and slices of fluffy cake.

Local bars

Sip cocktails and snack on charcuterie at candlelit Bar 27, a laidback drinking spot with live music.

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from these off-grid cabins in Devon and unpacked their walking boots and board games, a full account of their bucolic break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Rest + Wild Exmoor…

Though you could — quite literally — count sheep to drift off at Rest + Wild Exmoor, we have a feeling you won’t need to. There’s a soporific quality to sunset soaks in the outdoor copper bath tub, stargazing from your window-framed bed and fire-warmed tête-à-têtes, and so sleeping like a log will rank high on your pastoral agenda (the clue is in the retreat’s name, after all). 

But this slow-living stay’s wild side is held in equal esteem: take cues from the local fauna and spend days roaming and grazing; the former across moors and beaches, the latter at award-winning pubs. Ruddy-cheeked hikes, biking trails and wild swimming spots are within driving distance from your cabin, with the cream of Devon on your doorstep. And from your WiFi-free cabin, you’ll swap screen time for screensaver-worthy views of the rolling Exmoor countryside. This bolthole’s bucolic setting is the stuff of dreams...

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Price per night from $229.97