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Sherborne Castle, Dorset

Sherborne Castle, Dorset

Many fascinating tales remain from the time when Sherborne Castle was lived in by Sir Walter Raleigh, a favourite of Elizabeth I......

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Sherborne Abbey, Dorset

Sherborne Abbey, Dorset

Without doubt this magnificent Abbey built centuries ago of creamy Ham stone ranks amongst the finest Abbey churches anywhere in.....

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Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

The Fleet Air Arm Museum houses Europe's largest Naval aviation collection. Go on-board Concorde and be transported by a.....

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Yeovil Country Park, Somerset

This wonderful Green Flag winning park is made up of 4 individual greenspaces which are linked by the cycleway which follows the.....

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Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset

Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset

Intimate manor house with Arts & Crafts-style garden. Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel, this was home to medieval.....

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Tintinhull Garden, Somerset

Tintinhull Garden, Somerset

Delightful formal garden. Particularly fine azalea garden, fountain garden and kitchen garden...

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Montacute House, Somerset

Montacute House, Somerset

This is one of the most glittering of all the great Elizabethan mansions in England. It is built of glowing honey-coloured Ham.....

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Ham Hill Country Park, Somerset

Ham Hill Country Park, Somerset

Offering stunning views of the Mendip Hills, the Quantock Hills, and the Dorset Downs, Ham Hill Country Park is a well-known.....

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Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory, Somerset

Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory, Somerset

14th/15th-century farm buildings, formerly a priests' residence...

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Alfred's Tower, Wiltshire

Alfred's Tower, Wiltshire

2 miles north-west of the garden, the 50m high Tower stands on the spot where in 879AD the King raised his standard after.....

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Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset

Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset

This magnificent figure cut into the turf of a chalk hillside is best viewed from the north of the village. He is known as "The.....

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Priest's House, Somerset

Late medieval hall house in a picturesque village, which was built by Muchelney Abbey in 1308 for the parish priest...

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Stourhead, Wiltshire

Stourhead, Wiltshire

Designed by Henry Hoare II, Stourhead is one of England's most picturesque landscape gardens with classic temples and palladian.....

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Glastonbury Tor, Somerset

Glastonbury Tor, Somerset

Swirling mists rise over the Somerset Levels, where approaching the town of Glastonbury, suddenly above the mist you catch a.....

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The Chalice Well Gardens, Somerset

The Chalice Well Gardens, Somerset

There are many associations with Chalice Well covering countless centuries; it is a timeless and sacred place, full of legend,.....

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Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset

Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset

This is believed to be the site of the oldest Christian Church in the world, for centuries it has been the focus of Christian.....

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Stembridge Tower Mill, Somerset

Stembridge Tower Mill, Somerset

The last remaining thatched windmill in England, dating from 1822 and in use until 1910...

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Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court is an attractive 16th-century house built in the engaging "E" shaped style of the period in mellow Ham Hill.....

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Mapperton House & Gardens, Dorset

Mapperton House & Gardens, Dorset

One of the finest attractions in Dorset, Mapperton House & Gardens was 2020 winner of the Historic Houses ‘Garden of the.....

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