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Places to Visit in Somerset, England.


American Museum at Claverton Manor, Bath

This county in the West Country is composed of some of the most beautiful scenery in England. Sandwiched mainly between Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire with a tip of Gloucestershire to the north the Quantock Hills and the limestone of the Mendips are particularly lovely. Exmoor too, of course, holds a special appeal and is typified by the wild animals that roam it and the softness of the turf beneath your feet. Rich in legend and history, Somerset has the closest associations of any English county with King Arthur, with Cadbury said to be Camelot and Glastonbury Abbey the burial place of Queen Guinevere. This is also ‘Wessex’ and its churches are noted for their tall towers.

Famous for its cider, the county is full of thatched roofs, and picture-post card scenes and is perfectly central for exploring the West Country in detail.

The former county of Avon (1971) has now been dissolved and reverts once more to Somerset. The jewel in the crown here is beautiful Bath with its Roman beginnings and elegant Georgian architecture. Bath is the most popular destination in Somerset and home to many attractions worth visiting including The American Museum, The Roman Baths, Thermae Spa and Holburne Museum and Art Gallery to mention just a few.

Nearby, Bristol is a vibrant and attractive town and is also important as Cabot set sail from here to the New World in 1497. A quick drive a cross the severn bridge will see you in Wales in no time at all.

Places to Visit in Somerset

Avon Valley Railway
Exmoor National Park
West Somerset
Axbridge
King John's Hunting Lodge
NATIONAL TRUST
Bath
American Museum
Bath Abbey
Beckford's Tower & Museum
Building of Bath Museum
Building of Bath Museum
Crowe Hall
Farleigh Hungerford Castle
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Holburne
Museum of Art
Museum of Costume and Assembly Rooms
NATIONAL TRUST
No 1. Royal Crescent
Roman Baths
The William Herschel Museum
Thermae Bath Spa
Walcot Reclamation
Brean
Bread Down
The National Trust
Bridgwater
Coleridge Cottage
NATIONAL TRUST
Fairfield
Charlton Mackrell
Lytes Cary Manor
Clevedon
Clevedon Court
NATIONAL TRUST
Crewkerne
Lower Severalls
Dunster
Dunster Castle
NATIONAL TRUST
Dunster Working Mill
NATIONAL TRUST
Englishcombe
Englishcombe Tithe Barn
Flax Bourton
Gatcombe Court
Glastonbury
Chalice Well & Gardens
Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Tor
NATIONAL TRUST
Glastonbury Tribunal
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Goathurst
Robin Hood's Hut
Green Wells
Wells Cathedral
High Ham
Stembridge Tower Mill
Ilchester
Fleet Air Arm Museum
Ilminster
Barrington Court
NATIONAL TRUST

Langport
Muchelney Abbey
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Priest's House
NATIONAL TRUST
Martock
Treasurer's House
NATIONAL TRUST
Minehead
Holnicote Estate
Holnicote Estate
NATIONAL TRUST
West Somerset Railway
Montacute
Montacute House
NATIONAL TRUST
Nether Stowey
Dodington Hall
Nunney
Nunney Castle
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Stoke-sub-Hamdon
Stoke-Sub-Hamdon Priory
NATIONAL TRUST
Taunton
Charlton Orchards
Taunton
Combe Sydenham Country Park
English Willow Baskets
P H Coate & Son
Gaulden Manor
Maunsell House
Museum of Somerset
Orchard Wyndham
Shakespeare Glass
Sheppy's Cider Farm, Shop and Museum
Taunton Racecourse
The Brewhouse
Theatre & Arts Centre
Taunton (near)
Hestercombe Gardens Trust
Monkton Elm Garden Centre
Somerset Cricket Museum
Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre
Tintinhull
Tintinhull Garden
NATIONAL TRUST
Washford
The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust
Watchet
Cleeve Abbey
English Heritage
Kentsford
Wellington
Cothay Manor & Gardens
Wellington Monument
Wellington Monument
Wellington Museum
Wells
Milton Lodge Gardens
Wraxall
Tyntesfield
NATIONAL TRUST
Yeovilton
Fleet Air Arm Museum

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