I plan to stay with my wife for a week holiday somewhere in southwest UK. The best location is probably near Bristol.
Because we are fed up with people we would like to stay in a smaller village where is possible to walk in hills and by coast without crowd of tourists.
I was thinking about Hutton, Blagdon,...
Can anybody recommend any place where we can meet local people and beautiful countryside?

I used to live in Bristol but now I live in Cornwall, I wouldn't really describe it as the South West. OTOH if you stay somewhere like Blagdon [assuming you mean the one near the Mendips] I think that you are unlikely to see many people at all, tourists or anyone else. AS for Hutton, it's not somewhere I know - do you mean the one near Western Super Mare? - but I suspect that the same applies. Do you know that they are good walking bases or is it their lack of people that attracts you? [Blagdon would probably be better than Hutton from that respect, being so close to the Mendips]

Meeting locals is never as easy as people would like it to be - if you like walking in company the holidays run by HF [the holiday fellowship] might be a good idea:

https://www.hfholidays.co.uk

They normally use old country houses or hotels as their bases and they provide itineraries every day for various levels of walking. My DH did a couple of weeks with them [one in Shropshire, not too many tourists there, and another walking Hadrian's Wall, ditto] and enjoyed it a lot and he was not the world's most sociable chap.

Another stunning area which is not overwhelmed with tourists except perhaps during the school hols is North Devon which is stunning and has some wonderful cliff walking.

Finally Cornwall is not generally full of tourists except in school hols and there is lovely walking here both along the coastal path and elsewhere.

We spent a few days (not a week, which might have been a bit too long) at the Royal Oak Inn in Winsford (Somerset, in/surrounded by Exmoor NP.) It's the ultimate thatchy-roofy country hotel, with excellent food and (while we were there) very loud peacocks patrolling the grounds. The village is quite wee, and the hotel's pub doubles as the town meeting place, so visiting with the locals is pretty much a given.

You can do some excellent walks in the hills surrounding the village, or easy day trips throughout Somerset, Devon or farther. It's quite pricey but we thought worth the money.

https://www.royaloakexmoor.co.uk/

Drink up thee cider - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdMfLJfZD54

Check out this place in the Mendips

https://www.bainesburylodge.com/

Thank you annhig for your reply.

Wow, this forum is really alive. I did not expect so many answers in such a short time. Thank you for your ideas and recommendations.

Bristol is a large city, with a wide catchment area for commuters. None of the villages nearby are therefore going to be very unspoilt or peaceful, but you are unlikely to meet crowds of tourists except in places like Bath, Cheddar or Weston super Mare. Even in Wells, you will see more locals than visitors.

For hill walking, you have the options of the Mendips or the Cotswolds. The Cotswolds have their must-sees like Broadway and Bibury, but the southern Cotswolds are not nearly as busy, and the Cotswold Way provides an easily identified route which passes through many attractive villages. The Mendips are more open and uninhabited, but less scenic. The coast around Bristol is not as dramatic as further west in Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and Dorset, and much is built-up and industrial. There are the two acknowledged routes of the South West Coast Path and the Severn Way. Good walking can also be found in the Forest of Dean and the Wye Vslley. You would need a car to have access to all of these areas.

What type of accommodation are you looking for? Of the two places you mention, Blagdon would be more peaceful and rural. Hutton is a suburb of Weston super Mare, which is a rather downmarket seaside town and a commuter area. Living locally, I don't know anything about local B & Bs and have only been to a handful of local hotels and pubs, so cannot make any recommendations.

One of the smaller villages in say the western or SW Cotswolds would tick most of your boxes (not the coast though).

There are public footpaths EVERYWHERE.

as janisj says everywhere

https://footpathmaps.com/

Dunster and surrounds are very nice.
Download wikiloc to your smart phone for route guidance.
https://www.wikiloc.com/trails/hikin...ngland/dunster
http://www.visitsomerset.co.uk/explo...unster-p413583
Minehead ia the largest town in the area. http://www.visitsomerset.co.uk/explo...nehead-p421683
https://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/find...=mi&q=Minehead
Explore Exmoor, http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/
West Somerset Railway http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
Kilve Beach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilve
https://ukfossils.co.uk/2004/10/20/kilve/
I could go on about this quite corner of the UK.

I would like to thank you for your tips and recommendations. We plan our holiday on May so we have some time to decide. Dunster seems to be very nice for our plans. Thank you again.

Jackus - my DH and I stayed in a very nice pub in Dunster called the Dunster Castle Hotel:

http://dunstercastlehotel.co.uk

You might prefer a B&B or a self-catering cottage but even if you didn't stay there, it might be nice to eat there one night; we thought that the food was very good.

I agree that it would make a very good base for a week's holiday and in May [if you ignore the first week when there is a bank holiday] it shouldn't be too busy.

for accommodation use booking.com, reviews of those who use the accommodation, filter for price, amenities and facilities.

>>Jackus - my DH and I stayed in a very nice pub in Dunster called the Dunster Castle Hotel:<<

My ex and I also stayed there once many years ago.

Have you looked at Burford?

>>Jackus - my DH and I stayed in a very nice pub in Dunster called the Dunster Castle Hotel:<<

<<My ex and I also stayed there once many years ago>>

jj - I think that it's under new ownership and has been recently refurbished. Certainly our room was very swish with a very comfy bed and all mod cons.

It was likely a little more 'old fashioned' when we stayed there (in the late 80's)

very likely, jj. Most things were!

Thank you for your help. I think Dunster won our selection. It will be my first time as a driver in UK (and hope not my last ;D).

Beware - Dunster is not the easiest place to negotiate as a driver. it's worth making sure that wherever you stay has parking and that you have really good directions about how to get there - we had to drive round the village twice and finally asked at another hotel before we found the place that we were looking for.

it's lovely when you are there though - it may look familiar as it features in one of the TV adaptations of Agatha Christie's Poirot stories in which it does service as a Cornish town. [it's in Somerset].