History and Heritage in Somerset
If you like walking through beautiful countryside with lots of opportunities to stop and explore market towns and villages and eat great food then the River Parrett Trail is for you.
Brean Down, rich in wildlife and history, is one of the most striking landscapes of the Somerset coastline, extending 1.5 miles into the Bristol Channel.
Holnicote Estate, Minehead, Somerset
Diverse landscape of moor, woods, farms and coast, rich in wildlife.
The Holnicote Estate covers 12,500 acres of Exmoor National Park and includes the high tors of Dunkery and Selworthy Beacons, with breathtaking views in all directions.
Barrington Court, nr IIminster, Somerset
An enchanting formal garden, influenced by Gertrude Jekyll.
One of the most impressive 16th century houses in Somerset, Barrington Court was the first large house to be acquired by the National Trust, in 1907.
Once the home of medieval herbalist Henry Lyte, this late medieval manor house is surrounded by a garden which is an enchanting mixture of formality and simplicity.
