It is a pleasant resort village made famous by the glittering limestone cavern known as "Wookey Hole" which comprises of several dramatic chambers...
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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.....
Often called 'Englands Grand Canyon' Chedder Gorge was carved out by a river that now runs underground...
This old town cradled at the heart of the Somerset Levels, sits bounded by the soft rolling Somerset countryside...
Stourton is noted for the church dedicated to St. Peter where you can see many memorials to the famous Hoare banking family and for the house which was the families ancestral home...
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...
Bath is an elegant city famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman attractions from which it got it's name. The traveller James Boswell who visited the city.....
This is a delightful small village situated in the picturesque Blackmore Vale where the Dorset and Somerset boundary meets...
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...
Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame..
The softly glowing Ham stone of which most of the town properties are built, lends warmth and atmosphere to what is already a unique and attractive place...
Beautiful old town with a rich mixture of mellow Bath stone properties to be seen along ancient winding streets...
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This is a former wool and corn town with a fascinating history stretching back to Saxon times. It sits comfortably beneath the chalk downland of the Salisbury Plain at the head of the beautiful Wyle Valley...
Trowbridge is a historic town crammed with attractive stone buildings. It originated as a settlement along the Biss and flourished from the wool and weaving trades and from these periods there remain many magnificent merchant houses...
East Knoyle is situated where the Wiltshire countryside blends into Dorset. The landscape is quite stunning, it has a dramatically changing face of sweeping pastures and hillsides...
Shaftsbury is Dorset's only hill-top town, with its long history and good views it is particularly attractive to tourists...
A small attractive Market Town in Dorset...
Tucked away in the Cotswolds, Castle Combe is a quintessential English village with honey-colored stone houses, a medieval market cross, and a peaceful ambiance. It's an idyllic destination for a relaxing countryside getaway...
The Bishop's Palace in the enchanting tiny cathedral city of Wells where there is a predominance of beautiful buildings, is.....
Wells Cathedral is the most perfect example of an ecclesiastical city from the days when the order of life was God, King and.....
These dazzling show caves offer a glittering experience in floodlit chambers deep underground. This is the spiritual home of the.....
Swirling mists rise over the Somerset Levels, where approaching the town of Glastonbury, suddenly above the mist you catch a.....
There are many associations with Chalice Well covering countless centuries; it is a timeless and sacred place, full of legend,.....
This is believed to be the site of the oldest Christian Church in the world, for centuries it has been the focus of Christian.....
The mile or so of pale-grey limestone cliffs rising above the winding road through Cheddar is awesome in its untamed beauty, it.....
A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....
Intimate manor house with Arts & Crafts-style garden. Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel, this was home to medieval.....
The Fleet Air Arm Museum houses Europe's largest Naval aviation collection. Go on-board Concorde and be transported by a.....
Designed by Henry Hoare II, Stourhead is one of England's most picturesque landscape gardens with classic temples and palladian.....
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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Capability Brown had a hand in establishing the stunning landscape of Prior Park. His services, together with the advice of.....
One of two towers dominating the Bristol skyline, and not far from Brunel's Suspension Bridge, Cabot tower stands 100ft high.....
Bristol's graceful Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It spans the Avon Gorge some 245ft above.....
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Bath has some of the best preserved Roman remains in Britain, with the most spectacular of these being the Roman Baths - A Roman.....
Bath is an important Spa and cultural centre, one of its most famous buildings is the elegant Pump Room of the baths built.....
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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