10 Natural Wonders
Ham Hill Country Park
390 acre, open access country park. Superb walks and panoramic views with iron age and roman earthworks.
Kilve Beach
The beach is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a favourite haunt of geologists with its spectacular rock formations and fossils, including ammonites and reptile remains.
Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve
Shapwick Heath NNR is a major wetland reserve forming a large part of the Avalon Marshes, and boasts a wide variety of habitats, animals and plant life.
Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve
Woodland walk with excellent spring flowers, summer butterflies and autumn colour. Limestone outcrops and towering cliffs surround the gorge itself with great views across the Somerset levels to Glastonbury Tor and Brent Knoll.
Brent Knoll Hill Fort
The distinctive hill of Brent Knoll stands 449ft above sea level, giving beautiful views of the surrounding countryside. Originally an Iron Age Fort it was later taken by the Romans to make a fortified position.
Tarr Steps Woodland National Nature Reserve
Tarr Steps is an example of a 'clapper' bridge (the term being derived from the Latin 'claperius', meaning 'pile of stones') and is constructed entirely from large stone slabs and boulders.
The River Parrett Trail
The River Parrett Trail can be enjoyed as a 50 mile hike over 3 or 4 days or as a series of shorter walks exploring some of lowland England’s most beautiful, intriguing but also fragile countryside.
Bossington & North Hills
Offering dramatic coastal views across the Bristol Channel to Wales and along Exmoor's coast, the hills are one of the best places in the area to catch sight of the famous Exmoor Ponies or hear the crack of rutting Red Deer stags in the Autumn
Glastonbury Tor
The iconic Glastonbury Tor with its 15th Century Tower - but have you actually walked up this ancient and legendary hill?
Cheddar Gorge
Britain’s biggest gorge and a place of wild and rugged beauty. The 500 foot cliffs are popular with climbers and peregrine falcons, whilst below ground, a labryrinth of caves were inhabitated by our ancestors 40,000 years ago.
