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Places to explore in SomersetEngland · South West England
Somerset is a county of wetland and high ground. Flat moors and drainage rhynes fill the centre, where Glastonbury Tor rises like an island above the old marsh, once the Isle of Avalon. Around the rim stand the limestone Mendip Hills, split by the caves and cliffs of Cheddar Gorge, and to the west the moorland of Exmoor runs out to a high sea cliff. History runs deep, from the Roman spa at the Roman Baths in Bath to the medieval glory of Wells Cathedral and the ruined abbey at Glastonbury.
The best of Somersetworth the trip
Other sights in Somerset 29
- Cheddar Gorge
- Clevedon Pier
- Royal Crescent
- Brean Down
- Burrington Combe
- Chalice Well
- Dundas Aqueduct
- Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare
- West Somerset Railway
- Coates English Willow
- Crook Peak
- Deer Leap
- Horner Wood
- King Alfred's Tower
- Somerset Cider Brandy Company
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Villages & towns in Somerset 31
- Cheddar
- Dunster
- Porlock
- Frome
- Glastonbury
- Montacute
- Wells
- Allerford
- Bruton
- Mells
- Nunney
- Selworthy
- Winsford
- Axbridge
- Bicknoller
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Houses & gardens in Somerset 38
- Montacute House1.2 km²
- Barrington Court0.33 km²
- Tyntesfield2.4 km²
- Barwick Park0.63 km²
- Hestercombe Gardens1.2 km²
- Milton Lodge Gardens0.33 km²
- Prior Park Landscape Garden0.23 km²
- The Bishop's Palace, Wells0.33 km²
- Tintinhull Garden0.04 km²
- The Newt in Somerset
- American Museum and Gardens
- Cannington Walled Gardens
- Hauser & Wirth Somerset (Oudolf Field)
- Kilver Court Gardens
- Lytes Cary Manor
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- Ninesprings, Yeovil Country Park
- Abbey Cemetery0.02 km²
- Clevedon Court0.6 km²
- East Lambrook Manor Gardens0.01 km²
- Newton Park1.9 km²
- Nynehead Court1.2 km²
- Royal Victoria Park0.22 km²
- Wellington Park0.02 km²
- Bath Assembly Rooms
- Caisson Gardens
- Coleridge Cottage
- King John's Hunting Lodge
- Priest's House, Muchelney
- Treasurer's House, Martock
- Yeo Valley Organic Garden
- Ammerdown House1.9 km²
- Brympton d'Evercy0.51 km²
- Cricket House2.7 km²
- Kelston Park0.93 km²
- Mells Manor House0.02 km²
- Orchardleigh3.1 km²
- St Catherine's Court0.05 km²
- The Chantry0.12 km²
Pubs & restaurants in Somerset 27
Nature reserves in Somerset 191
- Ashton Court Country Park3 km²
- Cheddar Gorge4.5 km²
- Ebbor Gorge0.62 km²
- Wookey Hole0.39 km²
- Ham Hill Country Park1.6 km²
- Yeovil Country Park0.52 km²
- Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill3.3 km²
- Dolebury Warren0.92 km²
- Leigh Woods0.64 km²
- Shervage Wood
- Tor Hill Wood, Wells
- Kingdown and Middledown0.06 km²
- Middle Hope0.84 km²
- Walton and Ivythorn Hills0.36 km²
- Bridgwater Bay62 km²
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- North Exmoor120 km²
- Severn Estuary100 km²
- South Exmoor31 km²
- The Quantocks25 km²
- Somerset Wetlands61 km²
- Ashton Court2.1 km²
- Avon Gorge1.6 km²
- Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill0.67 km²
- Barle Valley6.5 km²
- Black Down and Sampford Commons1.6 km²
- Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast6.8 km²
- Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins1.6 km²
- Catcott Edington and Chilton Moors11 km²
- Draycott Sleights0.63 km²
- East Polden Grasslands1.2 km²
- Exmoor Coastal Heaths17 km²
- Fivehead Woods and Meadow0.65 km²
- King's Sedgemoor8.3 km²
- Langford Heathfield0.92 km²
- Moorlinch2.3 km²
- Pinkworthy and Driver Farm0.7 km²
- Priddy Caves0.76 km²
- Rodney Stoke0.7 km²
- Shapwick Heath4 km²
- Southey and Gotleigh Moors0.62 km²
- Southlake Moor2 km²
- Tealham and Tadham Moors9.2 km²
- The Perch0.73 km²
- West Sedgemoor10 km²
- Westhay Moor5.2 km²
- Dunkery & Horner Wood16 km²
- Gordano Valley1.3 km²
- Hawkcombe Woods0.98 km²
- Mendip14 km²
- Aller and Beer Woods0.58 km²
- Asham Wood1.4 km²
- Blagdon Lake2.2 km²
- Bleadon Hill0.13 km²
- Burledge Sidelands and Meadows0.49 km²
- Chancellor's Farm0.33 km²
- Cheddar Reservoir1.1 km²
- Cheddar Wood0.86 km²
- Cogley Wood0.6 km²
- Congrove Field and The Tumps0.14 km²
- Curry and Hay Moors4.8 km²
- Deadman0.3 km²
- Great Breach and Copley Woods0.63 km²
- Ham Hill (Somerset)0.11 km²
- Huish Colliery Quarry0.01 km²
- King's Wood and Urchin Wood1.3 km²
- Langmead and Weston Level1.7 km²
- Longleat Woods2.2 km²
- Monkswood Valley0.31 km²
- Nettlecombe Park1.1 km²
- North Moor6.7 km²
- Portishead Pier to Black Nore0.65 km²
- Postlebury Wood0.87 km²
- Priddy Pools0.53 km²
- Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood1 km²
- Purn Hill0.06 km²
- Ruttersleigh0.97 km²
- Sharpham Moor Plot0.01 km²
- Street Heath0.13 km²
- Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors1.7 km²
- Uphill Cliff0.2 km²
- Walton Common0.27 km²
- West Moor2.1 km²
- Westhay Heath0.26 km²
- Wet Moor5 km²
- Barrington Hill0.18 km²
- Hardington Moor0.09 km²
- Tarr Steps Woodland0.33 km²
- Aller Hill0.2 km²
- Babcary Meadows0.14 km²
- Banwell Caves0.02 km²
- Banwell Ochre Caves0.12 km²
- Barns Batch Spinney0 km²
- Ben Knowle0.01 km²
- Biddle Street, Yatton0.45 km²
- Bourne0.09 km²
- Bowlditch Quarry0 km²
- Briggins Moor0.15 km²
- Brockley Hall Stables0 km²
- Brown's Folly0.41 km²
- Bruton Railway Cutting0.02 km²
- Cleaves Wood0.41 km²
- Cleeve Hill (Somerset)0.16 km²
- Clevedon Shore0 km²
- Cloford Quarry0.4 km²
- Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines0.06 km²
- Compton Martin Ochre Mine0.01 km²
- Cook's Wood Quarry0.01 km²
- Court Hill0.11 km²
- Doulting Railway Cutting0.02 km²
- Dundry Main Road South Quarry0.01 km²
- Edford Woods & Meadows0.55 km²
- Ellenborough Park West0.02 km²
- Emborough Quarries0.01 km²
- Fivehead Arable Fields0.11 km²
- Folly Farm0.28 km²
- Freshmoor0.08 km²
- Friar's Oven0.04 km²
- Ge-Mare Farm Fields0.04 km²
- Glenthorne0.13 km²
- Goblin Combe0.51 km²
- Godminster Lane Quarry & Railway Cutting0 km²
- Greylake0.09 km²
- Grove Farm0.37 km²
- Ham Green0.01 km²
- Hampton Rocks Cutting0.02 km²
- Harptree Combe0.14 km²
- Hartcliff Rocks Quarry0.02 km²
- Hestercombe House0 km²
- Hinton Charterhouse Field0 km²
- Hinton Charterhouse Pit0 km²
- Hobbs Quarry0 km²
- Holly Lane0 km²
- Holme Moor & Clean Moor0.11 km²
- Holwell Quarries0.01 km²
- Hurcott Farm0.27 km²
- Hurcott Lane Cutting0 km²
- Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm0.17 km²
- Kilmersdon Road Quarry0 km²
- Kingweston Meadows0.11 km²
- Lamb Leer0.15 km²
- Lang's Farm0.08 km²
- Langport Railway Cutting0 km²
- Laycock Railway Cutting0.01 km²
- Leighton Road Cutting0.01 km²
- Long Dole Wood and Meadows0.1 km²
- Long Lye0.11 km²
- Long Lye Meadow0.03 km²
- Low Ham0.05 km²
- Lulsgate Quarry0 km²
- Maes Down0 km²
- Maesbury Railway Cutting0.02 km²
- Max Bog0.1 km²
- Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick0.01 km²
- Millwater0.02 km²
- Moon's Hill Quarry0.04 km²
- Newton St. Loe0.02 km²
- Nightingale Valley0.06 km²
- North Brewham Meadows0.09 km²
- North Curry Meadow0.01 km²
- North Road Quarry, Bath0 km²
- Old Ironstone Works, Mells0 km²
- Plaster's Green Meadows0.04 km²
- Puxton Moor0.37 km²
- Quants0.55 km²
- Ringdown0.04 km²
- Roebuck Meadows0.04 km²
- Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot0.01 km²
- Seavington St. Mary0 km²
- Shepton Montague Railway Cutting0.02 km²
- Shiplate Slait0.34 km²
- Snowdon Hill Quarry0.01 km²
- Sparkford Wood0.08 km²
- Spring Cove Cliffs0.02 km²
- St. Dunstan's Well Catchment0.39 km²
- Stidham Farm0.17 km²
- Stowell Meadow0.03 km²
- Thrupe Lane Swallet0 km²
- Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands0.27 km²
- Twinhills Woods and Meadows0.23 km²
- Vallis Vale0.24 km²
- Viaduct Quarry0 km²
- Weston Big Wood0.38 km²
- Weston-in-Gordano0.13 km²
- Whitevine Meadows0.13 km²
- Windsor Hill Marsh0.01 km²
- Windsor Hill Quarry0.01 km²
- Wookey Station0 km²
- Woolhayes Farm0.13 km²
- Writhlington0 km²
- Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl0 km²
- Yanal Bog0.02 km²
Beaches & swimming in Somerset 18
- Portishead Open Air Pool
- Kilve Beach
- Clevedon Marine Lake
- St Audrie's Bay
- Greenbank Pool
- Marine Lake, Weston-super-Mare
- Porlock Weir
- Berrow North of Unity Farm
- Brean
- Clevedon Beach
- Dunster Beach
- Minehead Terminus
- River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford
- River Tone at French Weir Park
- Weston Main
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Protected landscapes in Somerset 6
- Exmoor693 km²
- Cotswolds2,041 km²
- Mendip Hills198 km²
- Quantock Hills99 km²
- Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs986 km²
- Blackdown Hills370 km²
Trails in Somerset 10
- South West Coast Path1014 km
- Cotswold Way164 km
- Macmillan Way467 km
- Monarch's Way1006 km
- King Charles III England Coast Path4345 km
- Tarka Trail290 km
- Two Moors Way164 km
- Limestone Link58 km
- Mendip Way80 km
- River Parrett Trail80 km
Castles & strongholds in Somerset 32
- Dunster Castlestanding
- Burrow Mumpruin
- Nunney Castleruin
- Newton St Loe Castleruin
- Farleigh Hungerford Castleruin
- Daw's Castleruin
- Bury Castle, Selworthyruin
- Cow Castleruin
- King's Castleruin
- Montacute Castleearthworks
- Ballands Castleruin
- Brewer's Castleruin
- Bury Castle (Somerset)ruin
- Castlesruin
- Culverhay Castleruin
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- Cynwit Castleruin
- Fenny Castle Crossruin
- Maesbury Castleruin
- Mounsey Castleruin
- Oldberry Castleruin
- Richmont Castleruin
- Road Castleruin
- Stogursey Castleruin
- Stowey Castleruin
- Taunton Castleearthworks
- Cary Castleearthworks
- Castle Nerocheearthworks
- Cockroad Wood Castleearthworks
- Down End Castleearthworks
- Fenny Castleearthworks
- Hales Castleearthworks
- Locking Castleearthworks
Abbeys & priories in Somerset 16
- Glastonbury Abbeyruin
- Muchelney Abbeyruin
- Stoke-Sub-Hamdon Priory
- Cleeve Abbeyruin
- Holy well at St Pancras Chapelstanding
- Charterhouse lead worksruin
- Augustinian priory (Somerset)ruin
- Barlinch Prioryruin
- Buckland Prioryruin
- Charterhouse Campruin
- Hinton Prioryruin
- The Abbey Barn at Abbey Farmruin
- Witham Prioryruin
- Woodspring Prioryruin
- Correrie or lower house to Hinton Priorybelow ground
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- Montacute Priorybelow ground
Churches in Somerset 15
- Wells Cathedral
- Bath Abbey
- St George's Church, Bicknoller
- St Mary's Church, Bishops Lydeard
- St Mary's Church, Croscombe
- St Mary's Church, Huish Episcopi
- St Michael's Church, Brent Knoll
- Church of the Holy Ghost, Crowcombe
- St Andrew's Church, Mells
- St Cuthbert's Church, Wells
- St John the Baptist, Glastonbury
- St Martin's Church, Kingsbury Episcopi
- St Mary the Virgin, Batcombe
- St Mary the Virgin, Isle Abbotts
- St Mary's Church, Cannington
Ancient stones in Somerset 56
- Stoney Littleton Long Barrowstanding
- Bruton Dovecote
- West Pennard Court Barn
- Stanton Drew stone circlesstanding
- Stanton Drew south-west circlestanding
- Almsworthy Commonstanding
- Beckham stonestanding
- Chains Valley stonestanding
- East Pinfordstanding
- Exe Plain stonestanding
- Lanacombe 5standing
- Long Chains Combe Southstanding
- Porlock Allotment 1standing
- Porlock Allotment stonestanding
- Porlock Stone Circlestanding
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- Standing stones on Manor allotmentstanding
- Whit Stonesstanding
- Wilmersham Common Weststanding
- Withypool Hill stone circlestanding
- Hautville's Quoitstanding
- Orchardleigh Stonesstanding
- Wimblestone standing stonestanding
- Wellington and Blackdown Hills
- Brent Knoll hillfortearthworks
- Cadbury Campearthworks
- Grabbist Hillearthworks
- Banwell Campearthworks
- Barrow Hill promontory fortearthworks
- Bat's Castleearthworks
- Bathampton Campearthworks
- Blacker's Hill promontory fortearthworks
- Burledge Hillearthworks
- Burrington Campearthworks
- Cadbury Castleearthworks
- Clatworthy hillfortearthworks
- Cleeve Toot Campearthworks
- Compton Dundon hillfortearthworks
- Conygarearthworks
- Creech Hillearthworks
- Dolebury Campearthworks
- Dowsborough hillfortearthworks
- Drove Cottage Hengeearthworks
- Hillfort on Castleearthworks
- Little Solsbury Hillearthworks
- Norton Camp (Somerset)earthworks
- Plainsfield Campearthworks
- Roddenbury Hillfortearthworks
- Ruborough Campearthworks
- Stokeleigh Campearthworks
- Tap's Combe Campearthworks
- Trendle Ringearthworks
- Tunley Campearthworks
- Wain's Hillearthworks
- Westbury Campearthworks
- Whitestaunton Campearthworks
- Worlebury Campearthworks
Country estates in Somerset 14
Farms, vineyards & producers in Somerset 10
Hills & peaks in Somerset 10
- Dunkery Beacon520 m
- Beacon Batch324 m
- Blagdon Hill Farm242 m
- Periton Hill297 m
- Selworthy Beacon309 m
- Wills Neck385 m
- Dundry Down233 m
- Maes Knoll160 m
- Niver Hill264 m
- Staple Hill316 m
Roman sites in Somerset 10
- Roman Bathsruin
- Charterhouse amphitheatreearthworks
- Chessels Roman villaearthworks
- Ilchester Roman townearthworks
- Low Ham Roman villaearthworks
- Melbury Roman villaearthworks
- Roman villa N of Dunnock's Laneearthworks
- Roman villa N of Stowey Hillearthworks
- Wadeford Roman villaearthworks
- Whatley Combe Roman villaearthworks
Waterways in Somerset 6
Islands in Somerset 1
- Steep Holm0.2 km²