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Quantocks

Holford (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction N)

Holford lies in a peaceful wooded valley at the foot of the lovely Quantock Hills crowning the landscape where the county of Somerset sweeps towards the coast...

Bridgwater

Bridgwater (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction NE)

Bridgwater emerged from a village of the Middle Ages to become a prosperous river-port. Later, it became known as the place where Monmouth proclaimed himself King...

Blue Anchor, Somerset

Blue Anchor (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction NW)

Blue Anchor in Somerset is a village dominated by the bay in which it is named after, and by the Hoburn Holiday Park, a quiet well kept park for holiday makers that sits just.....

Langport

Langport (7 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction E)

This old town cradled at the heart of the Somerset Levels, sits bounded by the soft rolling Somerset countryside...

Fowers on the platform.

Minehead (148 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction NW)

Minehead is a quintessential English seaside resort on the beautiful Somerset coast whose mild climate has been a magnet for visitors since Victorian times. At the end of Quay.....

The Drewe Arms, Broadhembury

Broadhembury (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction S)

Broadhembury is an idyllic village which is an oasis of calm and beauty lying at the edge of the Blackdown Hills...

A packhorse bridge in the village of Winsford on Exmoor National Park, Somerset.

Winsford (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction W)

One of the prettiest and most unspoilt of villages, steeped in history and mentioned in the Domesday book..

Frost

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction SE)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

Selworthy Church

Selworthy Green (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (18.7 miles, 30.2 km, direction NW)

Selworthy Green is the start of a picturesque walk through steep woodlands to the gorse-gold and heather clad summit of Selworthy Beacon from which there are magnificent views over the undulating countryside...

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (18.8 miles, 30.3 km, direction S)

Charming village in the Devonshire countryside with a wonderful old thatched pub serving excellent food and a fantastic church. Well worth a look..

A picture of Martock

Martock (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (19.4 miles, 31.2 km, direction E)

The interior of Martock's Ham-stone church is perhaps the grandest in all Somerset, the startling effect of the golden stone against the most lavishly decorated of the county's great tie-beam roofs is simply overwhelming...

Porlock Bus service.

Porlock (52 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (20.5 miles, 32.9 km, direction NW)

Once, long before the 11th-century when the sea receded the village of Porlock was a Port....

Axminster, Devon

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (21.0 miles, 33.8 km, direction SE)

Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon...

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (21.2 miles, 34.2 km, direction E)

This little town now enjoys world renown for its annual music festival which attracts thousands of visitors from all over the globe. None-the-less, this still remains very much a.....

Porlock Weir, West Somerset.

Porlock Weir (57 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (22.2 miles, 35.8 km, direction NW)

The fickle seas of the Middle Ages caused neighbouring Porlock's harbour to dry up giving Porlock Weir the opportunity to open up as a small port. These day's Porlock Weir is.....

Goughs cave Cheddar Gorge IMG_5622

Cheddar (132 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (23.4 miles, 37.6 km, direction NE)

Often called 'Englands Grand Canyon' Chedder Gorge was carved out by a river that now runs underground...

A panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (24.3 miles, 39.1 km, direction SE)

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St Mary's Church, Netherbury, Dorset

Netherbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (26.4 miles, 42.5 km, direction SE)

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Crediton Church, Devon

Crediton (16 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (27.5 miles, 44.3 km, direction SW)

Always a beautiful place, Crediton must have been awesome in the year AD674 when legend tells us that St. Boniface was born here as plain Winfrith...

Recommended attractions near Bishop's Lydeard

Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction SE)

The turbulent past of historic Taunton Castle, is masked by its transformation into a luxurious comfortable hotel with an award.....

Halsway Manor Children's Festival

Halsway Manor (4 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction NW)

Halsway Manor is unique residential Folk Centre set on the southern slopes of the Quantock Hills in West Somerset. Set in.....

Snowdrops at Otterhead. The Blackdown hills in the county of Somerset, England

The Blackdown Hills (21 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction S)

Fascinating scenic area where you can enjoy an extraordinary variety of scenery ranging from tiny coppices to vast woodlands, all.....

Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills (216 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction N)

This beautiful range of hills is a part of England where stags and deer can still be seen roaming freely. In many ways the.....

Field with Black Down Hills, Devon

Black Down Hills (8 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction S)

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Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

Dunster Castle & Garden (46 Pictures)

(13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction NW)

The high walls of Dunster Castle look down over the quaint village of Dunster from its imperious setting atop of a classically.....

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction SE)

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

Amur leopard

The Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas (2 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction SE)

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Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Somerset, dating from 1000 BC

Tarr Steps (9 Pictures)

(18.6 miles, 30.0 km, direction W)

A Prehistoric bridge dating from 1000 BC. The bridge crosses the river Barle with some of its stones weighing 5 tonnes, and said.....

Forde Abbey, nr Chard, Somerset. A former Cistercian foundation. Photo taken September 1991.

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(19.5 miles, 31.4 km, direction SE)

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Loughwood Meeting House, Dalwood, Near Axminster, Devon. Owned by the National Trust

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction S)

17th-century thatched Baptist meeting house, constructed approx 1653...

Porlock Bay

Exmoor National Park (107 Pictures)

(21.1 miles, 33.9 km, direction W)

A castle perched high above the sea dominates the north-eastern corner of Exmoor. For hundreds of years Dunster Castle has stood.....

Glastonbury Abbey, Fall 2006

Glastonbury Abbey (95 Pictures)

(21.3 miles, 34.3 km, direction E)

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

Chalice Well Entrance

The Chalice Well Gardens (11 Pictures)

(21.6 miles, 34.8 km, direction E)

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

Sunset, Birnbeck Pier,Weston-Super-Mare

Birnbeck Pier (1 Pictures)

(22.0 miles, 35.4 km, direction NE)

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Glastonbury Tor, Glastonbury, Somerset

Glastonbury Tor (37 Pictures)

(22.0 miles, 35.4 km, direction E)

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

Where are the birds?

Killerton (50 Pictures)

(22.0 miles, 35.4 km, direction SW)

Walking towards the handsome Georgian property known as Killerton House, you get only a hint of the surprises awaiting you.....

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(22.1 miles, 35.5 km, direction E)

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

A picture of Cheddar Caves and Gorge

Cheddar Caves and Gorge (84 Pictures)

(23.8 miles, 38.2 km, direction NE)

The mile or so of pale-grey limestone cliffs rising above the winding road through Cheddar is awesome in its untamed beauty, it.....


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