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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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Great Chalfield Manor & Garden, Wiltshire

Great Chalfield Manor & Garden, Wiltshire

Charming 15th-century manor house with Arts & Crafts garden, encircled by a moat and defensive wall...

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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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Jane Austen Centre, Somerset

Jane Austen Centre, Somerset

Jane Austen, the famous novelist is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous residents. She paid two long.....

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Longleat House & Safari Park, Wiltshire

Longleat House & Safari Park, Wiltshire

On entering the great grounds of Longleat House through the entrance known as "Heaven's Gate" visitors are immediately struck by.....

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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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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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Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle, Somerset

A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....

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Philipps House & Dinton Park, Wiltshire

Early 19th-century neo-Grecian house designed for William Wyndham, a leading late Georgian politician. A variety of tranquil.....

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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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Prior Park, Somerset

Prior Park, Somerset

Capability Brown had a hand in establishing the stunning landscape of Prior Park. His services, together with the advice of.....

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Roman Baths, Somerset

Roman Baths, Somerset

Bath has some of the best preserved Roman remains in Britain, with the most spectacular of these being the Roman Baths - A Roman.....

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Sally Lunns, Somerset

Sally Lunns, Somerset

A one minute stroll from Bath Abbey you will find the oldest house in Bath - Sally Lunn's. Sally Lunn was a young french refugee.....

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Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve, Somerset

Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve, Somerset

"Shapwick Heath NNR is a major wetland reserve forming a large part of the Avalon Marshes. It boasts a wide variety of habitats,.....

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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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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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