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Countryside

Teenager paddling in an Exmoor stream

Paddling in an Exmoor stream

A Simply Inspiring Landscape

Discover why Somerset has been an inspiration to poets like Sammuel Taylor Coleridge, authors including R.D Blackmore, and for films such as Hot Fuzz and Elizabeth 1 - The Golden Age. 

Explore the timeless beauty of rural Somerset. With some dramatic features such as Cheddar Gorge or Dunkery Beacon on Exmoor you will find everything  you hoped for and more!

Somerset is home to the Somerset Levels & Moors, Exmoor National Park and three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty  (AONB)- the Quantock, Blackdown and Mendip Hills.

If thats not enough then there are some great market towns and places to shop, as well as our very infamous Cider Farms!

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Trees located on the Somerset Levels, protected landscape

Protected Landscapes

Explore our special places...

The Market Town of Axbridge

Market Towns

Great places to visit...

Sampling Farm House Cider at a Local Fayre

Cider Producers

Sample the real thing...

Interactive Map

Countryside Places

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Starlings flocking over the Somerset Levels

Starling Murmurations

One of nature'sbest sights...