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Recommended Towns & Villages near Wellington

The Drewe Arms, Broadhembury

Broadhembury (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (10.2 miles, 16.4 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 sign post in the village of Holford on the edge of the Quantock hills in somerset

Holford (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (13.0 miles, 20.9 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...

Frost

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction SE)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

Higher Maunsell

Bridgwater (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (14.1 miles, 22.7 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...

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction SE)

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

Blue Anchor, Somerset

Blue Anchor (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (15.9 miles, 25.6 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.....

Axminster, Devon

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (16.9 miles, 27.1 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...

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

Winsford (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction NW)

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

Langport in Somerset. All Saints church on the hill overlooking the town

Langport (7 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction E)

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

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction S)

The town of Colyton, in Devon, first appeared as an ancient village around 700 AD and appeared inthe Doomsday Book as 'Culitone'. It was once described as "the most rebellious.....

Minehead Lifeboat Station

Minehead (148 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Somerset (19.2 miles, 30.9 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.....

St. Michael & All Angels Church, Pinhoe near Exeter in Devon.

Pinhoe (1 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction SW)

Pinhoe now fringes the urban sprawl of Exeter, but there was a time when it was a place standing alone with its own identity...

Seaton

Axmouth (16 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction S)

This quiet resort of colourwashed cottages sitting at the edge of the River Axe was once an important south Devon port...

A picture of Martock

Martock (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (20.0 miles, 32.2 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...

High Tide

Seaton (312 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Devon (20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction S)

The town is mostly Victorian and Edwardian in character, you only have to cast your eyes above today's modern shop fronts to see handsome overhanging bay windows which belong firmly to another era...

Cottage in Selworthy Green, Somerset

Selworthy Green (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (21.3 miles, 34.3 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 panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (21.6 miles, 34.7 km, direction SE)

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Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis (276 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (21.6 miles, 34.8 km, direction SE)

Almost the first thing you notice about this pleasant seaside resort, is the spaciousness of the town. The second, and nothing can prepare you for this, is the sheer scale of Lyme Bay with its splendid views towards the rugged sandstone cliffs west of Eype Mouth...

Charmouth, Dorset

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (21.8 miles, 35.1 km, direction SE)

This pretty resort grew up in a gap of cliffs overlooking picturesque Lyme Bay. In the days prior to the motor car it was a fashionable coaching stop. One illustrious visitor of.....

Church in Exeter, Devon

Exeter (236 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Devon (22.5 miles, 36.2 km, direction SW)

Exeter is a bustling city in the heart of the county of Devon. It's mix of modern and functional with old and cultural makes for an interesting place to live, and to visit...

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

The Blackdown Hills (21 Pictures)

(3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction SE)

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

Field with Black Down Hills, Devon

Black Down Hills (8 Pictures)

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction SW)

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Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset

Taunton Castle (1 Pictures)

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction NE)

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)

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction N)

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

Quantock Hills

Quantock Hills (216 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.8 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.....

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

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction SE)

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

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction E)

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)

(16.1 miles, 26.0 km, direction SE)

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Where are the birds?

Killerton (50 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction SW)

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

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

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction SE)

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Dunster - Village & Castle (1) - June 2003

Dunster Castle & Garden (46 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.3 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.....

Blackberry Camp. - Iron age settlement near - Beer. Devon

Blackbury Camp (18 Pictures)

(17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction S)

Blackbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort situated in Southleigh, Devon, England. The hillfort was built during the 4th century and.....

Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Somerset, dating from 1000 BC

Tarr Steps (9 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.4 km, direction NW)

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

Pecorama gardens

Pecorama (20 Pictures)

(20.2 miles, 32.5 km, direction S)

Pecorama offers a real treat for everyone visiting Beer, a pretty coastal resort which was once the haunt of Smugglers. This.....

A view of the Marine Aquarium on the old Cobb with Lyme regis, Dorset, in the background.

Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (1 Pictures)

(21.5 miles, 34.5 km, direction SE)

Where better to see and learn about the creatures of the deep than in an aquarium suite set tantalizingly beside the sea. Well,.....

Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis Museum (2 Pictures)

(21.7 miles, 34.9 km, direction SE)

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Porlock Bay

Exmoor National Park (107 Pictures)

(21.9 miles, 35.2 km, direction NW)

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

Exeter Cathedral, Devon

Exeter Cathedral (98 Pictures)

(22.1 miles, 35.6 km, direction SW)

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A picture of Cheddar Caves and Gorge

Cheddar Caves and Gorge (84 Pictures)

(28.9 miles, 46.5 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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