Places

Coleridge Cottage, home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge displaying of the poet’s personal mementoes. 17th-century Coleridge Cottage is managed Read more…

King John’s Hunting Lodge, restored early Tudor (c.1500) Wool-merchant’s house. Includes local history museum. Managed by the National Trust. Read more…

Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset manor house with Arts and Crafts-style garden. Originally the family home of Henry Lyte, where he Read more…

Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory, 14th/15th-century farm buildings, formerly a priests’ residence, now managed by the National Trust and The Great Hall is Read more…

Glastonbury Tor dominates the surrounding countryside. The hill is 158m (518ft) above the surrounding flat land and on a clear Read more…

Clevedon Court an outstanding 14th-century manor house and 18th-century terraced garden. Managed by the National Trust. Read more…

Kilve beach is in West Somerset, within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is on the West Read more…

Uphill Slipway beach is in the village of Uphill at the south end of the long Weston-super-Mare beach. Popular beach Read more…

West Pennard Court Barn is a 15th-century barn with an unusual roof and upper floor made of compacted earth. Read more…

Beckford’s Tower is a folly situated on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath in Somerset. Built in 1827 for Bath resident, Read more…

Portishead Point Lighthouse is also known as Battery Point Lighthouse after Battery Point where it stands. The lighthouse was built in Read more…

The birthplace of Robert Blake (1598-1657), General-at-Sea, the Admiral Blake Museum houses a fascinating collection of local history and archaeology. Read more…