Kilve - The main part of the village, with a 17th century coaching inn. The village consists of three settlements. Berta Lawrence, in her book "Quantock Country", suggests that the name Pardlestone derives from the old alternative 'Parleston' - where a tiny settlement here belonged to a Saxon called Parlo. "But," she writes, "there are local inhabitants who tell of a mythical Frenchman called Pardel and an equally mythical Pardel's Stone stuck somewhere up this lane."

To the East of the village, there is a panoramic view of the coastline as far as North Hill in Minehead and across the channel to South Wales and the Brecon Beacons. In the foreground lie the Church of St Mary, the ruins of a medieval Chantry and one old barn still standing, though dilapidated, with traditional round stone pillars. Alongside the Chantry are two houses and a charming tea-garden (open all year).