Watchet is a small harbour town on the Somerset coast at the eastern edge of Exmoor. Its ancient harbour, now supplemented by a modern marina, has been in use since Saxon times. The town is said to be where Samuel Taylor Coleridge was inspired to write "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" — a statue of the mariner stands on the esplanade.
The harbour area is the main draw, with colourful houses along the quay and good views across the Bristol Channel to the Welsh coast. The Market House Museum on the quay and the Boat Museum near the station are small but worthwhile. Watchet is also a stop on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage steam line that runs to Minehead and Bishops Lydeard. For a short walk, the Saxon-era cliff fort at Daw's Castle is a kilometre west along the coast path.