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Photo of King Alfred's Tower, a folly near Bruton, Somerset, south west England.

King Alfred's Tower© Lewis Clarke / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Castle Cary StationCastle Cary

33 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

0 km NE · spans 14 counties

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

1.1 km SE · spans 10 counties

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The Newt in Somerset

Garden near Hadspen

Lavish estate garden at Hadspen near Bruton, with a walled parabola apple maze, cascade, deer park and a treetop walkway among the woods.

3.5 km SE

Photo of Bruton, a village in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Bruton

Village

Handsome former wool town on the River Brue, with a packhorse bridge, a hilltop dovecote and the Hauser & Wirth art gallery on its edge.

5.4 km E · Somerset

Photo of The Three Horseshoes (Batcombe), a gastropub in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

The Three Horseshoes (Batcombe)

Gastropub · With rooms near Batcombe

Honey-stone village pub tucked in a Somerset valley, a strong recent climber on the list.

7.8 km NE

Photo of King Alfred's Tower, a folly near Bruton, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

King Alfred's Tower

Folly near Bruton

A 160-foot triangular brick folly of 1772 on the Stourhead estate near Brewham, marking where Alfred is said to have rallied his men.

9.5 km E

Photo of Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs

National Landscape near Tisbury

Big chalk downland and old hunting country, with some of the darkest night skies in southern England

9.9 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Castle Cary, a village in Somerset, south west England.

Castle Cary

Village

Handsome small market town of honey-coloured stone with a round lock-up, an arched market house and rolling country all around.

1.3 km S · Somerset

Wraxall Vineyard

Vineyard near Wraxall

One of the oldest commercial vineyards in Britain, planted in 1974 near Shepton Mallet, with a restaurant looking out over miles of countryside.

2.4 km NE

Manor House Inn

Gastropub · With rooms near Ditcheat

Village gastropub singled out by olive across two separate best-of features, a strong esteem signal.

2.9 km N

Osip

Restaurant · With rooms near Bruton

Merlin Labron-Johnson's farm-to-table restaurant in Bruton, named The Good Food Guide's Restaurant of the Year.

4.8 km E

Photo of Bruton Dovecote, an ancient site in Somerset, south west England.

Bruton Dovecote

Ancient site near Bruton

A National Trust place in Somerset.

5 km E

Photo of Hauser & Wirth Somerset (Oudolf Field), a garden near Bruton, Somerset, south west England.

Hauser & Wirth Somerset (Oudolf Field)

Garden near Bruton

Free contemporary-art farm on the edge of Bruton with Piet Oudolf's naturalistic prairie garden of grasses and perennials behind the galleries.

5.3 km E

Roth Bar & Grill

Restaurant near Bruton

Farm restaurant at Hauser & Wirth's Durslade Farm gallery on the edge of Bruton.

5.4 km E

Horrell & Horrell

Restaurant near Sparkford

Village restaurant in Sparkford recognised by the South West's dining guide.

7.4 km S

Photo of The Apple Tree Inn, a pub near West Pennard, Somerset, south west England.

The Apple Tree Inn

Pub near West Pennard

Cider-country pub near Glastonbury dating from 1674, with log fires, flagstone floors, beams and a skittle alley.

8.9 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (17) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.