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Loughwood Meeting House, Devon

Loughwood Meeting House, Devon

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

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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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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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Mendip Hills, Somerset

Dramatic gorges, distinctive peaks and ancient woodland rising above the Somerset Levels...

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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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Pilsdon Pen, Dorset

Pilsdon Pen, Dorset

Pilsdon Pen is a hill in the North end of the Marshwood Vale, Dorset, 4.5 miles west of Beaminster. It is topped by an ancient.....

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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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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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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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Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory, Somerset

Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory, Somerset

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

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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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Taunton Castle, Somerset

Taunton Castle, Somerset

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

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The Blackdown Hills, Somerset

The Blackdown Hills, Somerset

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

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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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