Minehead
![Town seen from a nearby hill with multiple houses. The sea can be seen on the left and the white tent like canopy left of centre is the Butlins centre.](/Images/godic/202501/27/View_Over_Minehead_From_Hill3841.jpg")
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![Statue of Queen Anne in Wellington Square](/Images/godic/202501/27/Queen_Anne_statue_Minehead3841.jpg")
![One of the wild ponies on north hill](/Images/godic/202501/27/Exmoor_Pony13841.jpg")
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, 21 miles (34 km) north-west of the county town of Taunton, 12 miles (19 km) from the border with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National Park. The parish of Minehead has a population of approximately 11,981 making it the most populous town in the West Somerset local government district. This figure includes Alcombe, a suburban village which has been subsumed into Minehead.