One of Exmoor's highest villages at 980 feet above sea level is set
on a crossroads within the parish of Cutcombe.
Regular agricultural markets are held where sheep and other animals are
bought and sold. The River Quarme passes nearby and there are many good
walks in the neighbourhood.
Wheddon Cross
A crossroads village that grew when the Minehead to Bampton turnpike was built in the 1820s. Settlement is one of the highest in
Exmoor. Famous for its Snowdrop Valley in the nearby Avill Valley. Pub;
shops; car park; WC
The 'Rest and be Thankful inn' at Wheddon Cross dates from the 1820's as a staging post for travellers between Dunster and Dulverton or Taunton and North Devon
Wheddon Cross is a real working community with several farms, a cattle market, pub, school, church and post office. It lies about three miles south-east of Dunkery Beacon, the highest point on Exmoor which offers fantastic panoramic views of the surrounding countryside - wild moorland to the west, the Bristol Channel and Wales to the north, the rolling Brendon Hills to the east and the Quarme Valley to the south.
The village itself lies within the ancient parish of Cutcombe. The villages of Wheddon Cross and Cutcombe are joined. Cutcombe is the older half of the partnership, its church listed in the Domesday Book, while Wheddon Cross grew up around the turn of the century as an important staging post on the turnpike from Minehead to Tiverton.
Wheddon Cross sits on the watershed of two Exmoor rivers - the Avill (home to the famous Snowdrop Valley and the Quarme. The River Avill flows down to the Bristol Channel via the pretty medieval town of Dunster, the latter joins up with the River Exe a few miles to the south. These are the two main rivers, but the whole area around Wheddon Cross is full of small, fast-flowing streams.
Robert Melhuish, a Tayor in Wheddon Cross
Exmoor Hopuse was built in 1910 as the combined home and workshop of taylor Robert Melhuish.
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