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Record · Simonsbath · Exmoor

An old linhay and stable, now pouring tea.

Built
18th or 19th century
Walls
Flat-bedded local slate
1870s
A reading room at the top end
Today
A tearoom: breakfast, lunch, cakes and cream teas

Building history: Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record.

Boeveys Tearoom from the lane: a long stone building with a slate roof, red-painted posts and flower tubs, under tall trees
Plate 1 · The linhay from the lane, red posts and slate roof.
Inside the tearoom: flowered tablecloths, yellow, pink and blue painted chairs, wooden floor and a picture on the white wall
Plate 2 · Inside, under the old roof.

4.9Google · 88 reviews

5.0Tripadvisor · 17 reviews

Visit

Address
B3223, Simonsbath
Minehead, Somerset TA24 7SH
In the grounds of Simonsbath House, in the middle of Exmoor National Park
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9.30am – 4pm
Sunday and Monday, closed
As given on the tearoom's Facebook page and its Google listing.
Facebook
Boeveys TearoomThe tearoom's own Facebook page
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The Reading Room

In the 1870s, the top end of this building in Simonsbath was a reading room. Today it's a tearoom, and there's still a seat for you.

Contents

  1. All-day breakfastI
  2. Light lunchesII
  3. Homemade cakesIII
  4. Cream teasIV
  5. Hot and cold drinksV
The counter: a cake stand of scones and a plate of golden sponge squares, with a chalkboard and shelves of china behind
Chapter III, at the counter.

A note on the room

Clean, unfussy, with a few quirky touches: flowered tablecloths and chairs painted every colour.

Inside the tearoom: flowered tablecloths, yellow, pink and blue painted chairs, wooden floor and a picture on the white wall

Dogs are welcome too, so bring yours in off the moor.

4.9Google · 88 reviews

5.0Tripadvisor · 17 reviews

Visit

Address
B3223, Simonsbath
Minehead, Somerset TA24 7SH
In the grounds of Simonsbath House, in the middle of Exmoor National Park
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9.30am – 4pm
Sunday and Monday, closed
As given on the tearoom's Facebook page and its Google listing.
Facebook
Boeveys TearoomThe tearoom's own Facebook page
FacebookDirections

Waypoint · Simonsbath · B3223

Halfway across Exmoor, put the kettle on.

Boeveys is the tearoom in Simonsbath, in the heart of Exmoor National Park. Come in from the moor for breakfast, lunch or a cream tea, and bring the dog.

Boeveys Tearoom from the lane: a long stone building with a slate roof, red-painted posts and flower tubs, under tall trees
  1. 1

    Arrive

    A stone linhay under the trees, in the grounds of Simonsbath House.

  2. 2

    Sit out

    Full-width folding doors open onto a lawn on the hillside, under the trees.

  3. 3

    Refuel

    All-day breakfast, light lunches, homemade cakes and cream teas.

A golden pasty with salad and coleslaw on a plate printed with roses

4.9Google · 88 reviews

5.0Tripadvisor · 17 reviews

Visit

Address
B3223, Simonsbath
Minehead, Somerset TA24 7SH
In the grounds of Simonsbath House, in the middle of Exmoor National Park
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9.30am – 4pm
Sunday and Monday, closed
As given on the tearoom's Facebook page and its Google listing.
Facebook
Boeveys TearoomThe tearoom's own Facebook page
FacebookDirections
Message us on Facebook

Pick a chair. Any colour.

Yellow, pink, blue, mint and white: the chairs at Boeveys don't match, and the tablecloths are covered in flowers. A cheerful tearoom in Simonsbath, Exmoor.

Inside the tearoom: flowered tablecloths, yellow, pink and blue painted chairs, wooden floor and a picture on the white wall

Breakfast all day

No rush to get here before eleven.

Lunch, lightly

Light lunches, right in the middle of Exmoor.

A golden pasty with salad and coleslaw on a plate printed with roses
The counter: a cake stand of scones and a plate of golden sponge squares, with a chalkboard and shelves of china behind

Cakes and cream teas

Homemade cakes, scones and cream teas, with hot and cold drinks.

4.9Google · 88 reviews

5.0Tripadvisor · 17 reviews

🐕Dogs welcome

Visit

Address
B3223, Simonsbath
Minehead, Somerset TA24 7SH
In the grounds of Simonsbath House, in the middle of Exmoor National Park
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9.30am – 4pm
Sunday and Monday, closed
As given on the tearoom's Facebook page and its Google listing.
Facebook
Boeveys TearoomThe tearoom's own Facebook page
FacebookDirections

You are invited to tea

Boeveys Tearoom

Simonsbath · Exmoor National Park

Tuesday to Saturday, half past nine until four

The counter: a cake stand of scones and a plate of golden sponge squares, with a chalkboard and shelves of china behind

Served all day

  • Cream teas
  • Homemade cakes
  • All-day breakfast
  • Light lunches
  • Hot and cold drinks
A golden pasty with salad and coleslaw on a plate printed with roses

4.9Google · 88 reviews

5.0Tripadvisor · 17 reviews

Visit

Address
B3223, Simonsbath
Minehead, Somerset TA24 7SH
In the grounds of Simonsbath House, in the middle of Exmoor National Park
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9.30am – 4pm
Sunday and Monday, closed
As given on the tearoom's Facebook page and its Google listing.
Facebook
Boeveys TearoomThe tearoom's own Facebook page
FacebookDirections
Message us on Facebook

Doors open. Lawn out front. Kettle on.

On a fine day the full-width folding doors open up, and the tearoom spills out onto a lawn on the hillside, under the trees of Simonsbath.

Boeveys Tearoom from the lane: a long stone building with a slate roof, red-painted posts and flower tubs, under tall trees
Inside the tearoom: flowered tablecloths, yellow, pink and blue painted chairs, wooden floor and a picture on the white wall

In

A bright white room with flowered tablecloths and painted chairs.

Out

A hillside lawn under the trees, for eating outdoors.

Dogs

Welcome here. This is Exmoor, after all.

4.9Google · 88 reviews

5.0Tripadvisor · 17 reviews

Visit

Address
B3223, Simonsbath
Minehead, Somerset TA24 7SH
In the grounds of Simonsbath House, in the middle of Exmoor National Park
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9.30am – 4pm
Sunday and Monday, closed
As given on the tearoom's Facebook page and its Google listing.
Facebook
Boeveys TearoomThe tearoom's own Facebook page
FacebookDirections