History and Heritage

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

Holnicote Estate makes up 12,000 acres of Exmoor National Park and is a contrasting landscape with everything from wild, rugged moorland and shingle beaches to ancient woodland and charming thatched villages.

A small 14thC century moated castle, distinctively French in style.

Home to the lords of the manor of Clevedon for centuries, the core of the house is a remarkable survival from the medieval period.

Late medieval house with large Gothic hall windows, originally residence of priests serving the parish church opposite.

Glastonbury Tor is a well-loved Somerset landmark associated with myths and legends, but it is also a place where children can run about and have fun. Fields at the foot of the Tor are good for games or you could play at the top in the ruined tower.

Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre tells the story of the 'ornament of Bristol' and the people who built, maintain and treasure it. Explore the turbulent history of the ‘first love’ of famous British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel through an award winning exhibition packed with family activities and staffed by knowledgeable volunteers.

In a beautiful valley of the river Frome, on the border between Wiltshire and Somerset and only nine miles from Bath, stands the remains of Farleigh Hungerford Castle.

Medieval house with Great Hall, completed 1293 - with kitchen added in the 15th century.