Things to do in South Somerset

Built in 1610 following on Act introduced by King James I, which stated that all counties had to have their own ‘House of Correction’; Shepton Mallet was the oldest working prison in the United Kingdom...

The quintessential English cottage garden created by the celebrated 20th-century plantswoman and gardening writer Margery Fish and made famous through her many books. It is a unique garden of great beauty and charm with noted collections of snowdrops, hellebores and geraniums and an excellent specialist plant nursery, café and gallery.

Hestercombe's beautiful summer gardens will be open until 8pm on Wednesday evenings throughout June, July, August and September

Barrington Court, located in the stunning south Somerset countryside, is a charming Tudor manor house complimented beautifully with Gertrude Jekyll-inspired gardens, apple orchards and a working kitchen garden.

Montacute House is a masterpiece of Elizabethan Renaissance architecture and design

The Fleet Air Arm Musuem in Yeovilton Somerset is as much an ‘attraction’ as it is a ‘museum’, the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset is where Museum meets theatre.

Discover an enormous range of willow baskets made by our team of skilled craftsmen and women using our own home-grown willow.

Wincanton Racecourse is situated in the heart of the Somerset countryside and offers an excellent programme of quality jump racing. Winner of “Best Small Racecourse in the South West", Wincanton is renowned for its friendly atmosphere attracting big

The multi award-winning Haynes Motor Museum is truly a must-see attraction. Home of the UK’s largest collection of cars and motorbikes you can get up close to some of the very first cars invented in The Dawn of Motoring, explore reds around the world in the famous Red Room and feed your need for speed with some of the most iconic Formula 1 cars in Williams’ history.

At Burrow Hill we make traditional ciders as well as Somerset Cider Brandy. Visit the farm and see the UK’s first commercial cider distillery, explore the orchards and wander amongst 170 year old vats.