Holnicote Estate ( /ˈhʌnɪˌkʌt/) is a National Trust property consisting of 5,026 hectares (12,420 acres) of Exmoor National Park situated in West Somerset, England. The property was donated to the National Trust in 1944 by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet; it had been in the Acland family since 1745.
Holnicote Estate contains more than 240 kilometres (150 mi) of footpaths and bridleways. It includes Dunkery and Selworthy Beacons, and the villages and hamlets of Selworthy, Allerford, Bossington, Horner and Luccombe as well as the Horner and Dunkery National Nature Reserve.
The estate also plays host to a point to point course on which many Exmoor hunts hold their meetings throughout the spring.
The name of the estate is pronounced "Hunnicutt".
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