Tour of Somerset

Take a 5 min Tour of Somerset

Discover more about Somerset in South West England with our short 5 minute video and view photos of Somerset's icons.

Somerset, known as the ‘Land of the Summer People’ of course means different things to different people. Here you will find some of our suggestions as to what makes Somerset…errr well…Somerset!

From Cheddar Gorge to Glastonbury Tor, the Exmoor Pony to Starling Murmurations, Glastonbury Festival to Bridgwater Carnival, Dunster Castle to Montacute House and Weston's Grand Pier to Burnham Lighthouse, Somerset is home to many famous and special features that you may or may not have encountered before.

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Couple enjoying the unique beauty of Cheddar Gorge The historic, mystical and iconic Glastonbury Tor at sunrise One of the oldest pure-bred ponies still left - The beautiful Exmoor Pony Over 400 different varieties of cider apple are grown in Somerset together with the 'original' Cheddar Cheese Dramatic coastal views, deep wooded coombs and open heather moorland must mean Exmoor National Park Just 1,500 people turned up for the first Glastonbury festival in 1969 - It's a little bigger today! The still active 'Low Lighthouse' at Burnham-on-Sea Beach continues to protect ships in the Bristol Channel The 16th Century star of films like Sense & Sensibility, Montacute House is the best known of Somerset's many historic houses Since 1904 there has been a Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare, attracting visitors for traditional seaside fun The Somerset Levels is one of the best places in the UK to see starlings flocking together to form a murmuration The caves at Wookey Hole and Cheddar provide a fascinating insight into the area's geology and our own ancestors Standing over the M5 at Bridgwater, Somerset's Willow Man highlights the area's link with Willow growing Over 800 years old, Wells Cathedral is one of the most magnificient and best known Cathedrals in the country Steam Railways still operate through the Somerset countryside in both East & West Somerset Every Autumn, Somerset's night sky is lit up by series of illuminated Carnivals, a tradition dating back to the Gunpowder Plot - the largest and biggest carnival in Bridgwater attracts some 150,000 people Somerset has a long association with horse-riding both in terms of flat and jump racing and cross country riding. Exmoor has been called the 'Riding Playground of England' for its varied and challenging terrain, whilst there are famous race tracks at Wincanton and Taunton, as well as horse racing stables and trainers like Paul Nicholls