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Coleridge Cottage, National Trust

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Coleridge Cottage, National Trust

Historic home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset near Bridgwater As in the poets’ day, there is still wilderness, heathland and a rocky shoreline where you can lose yourself in thought. The mix of heath on the top is a characteristic of the Quantocks and includes heather, whortleberry, gorse, bracken and wavy-haired grass. There is woodland too, once prized as a source of timber for ship building and now by walkers for its tranquillity. The oaks here are Sessile with acorns that grow directly on the branch and twisted trunks.


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Somerset Amazing Attractions and so much more!

Somersets top family attractions  · 1. The Roman Baths · 2. Bath Abbey · 3. Wells Cathedral · 4. Pulteney Bridge · 5. Glastonbury Tor · 6. Cheddar Gorge & Caves · 7. Royal Crescent 8. Wookey Hole 9. Haynes Motor Museum 10. Royal Naval Fleet Air Arm Museum 11. Montacute House 12. Museum of Somerset and more 

Somerset has some of the largest curated collections in the UK. These range from cars exhibited at Hayes International Motor Museum at Sparkford to Naval Aircraft at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton. At the other end of the scale, we have a museum dedicated to the bricks and tiles for which Bridgwater was once famous and the tiny King John’s Hunting Lodge which is a Tudor house in Axbridge crammed with local artefacts. Appropriately, there is a Boat Museum in the old port of Watchet; a Willows and Wetlands Centre on the Levels; a Fashion Museum in Bath; a Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury and The Somerset Museum in the County town, Taunton. What might be more surprising is that that there is a museum about coal mining in Radstock, one about flight in Chard and one about America in Bath – you will have to visit them to find out why!
Collections can be out of door as well as under a roof and Somerset has numerous fine gardens open to the public, some of which have collections of rare plants such as The Walled Garden of Cannington. There are also collections of rare animals at the South-West’s largest zoo, Noah’s Ark at Wraxall.
 

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Cheddar Gorge & Caves
Cheddar Gorge & Caves

Cheddar Gorge & Caves boasts extraordinary subterranean show caves, awe-inspiring cliffs and holds many fascinating secrets about our prehistoric ancestors.

Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club

Situated in the historical town of Taunton, Somerset’s county capital, the County Ground cricket club makes for the perfect day out.

Bath Theatrical Costume Hire
Bath Theatrical Costume Hire

Bath Theatrical Costume Hire, a family business established in 1969 moved from our quirky little shop in Bath to our warehouse in Frome in 2001, housing more than 30,000 costumes. We work with hundreds of companies, casts, actors, and partygoers to ensure they have the best costumes for their event.

The Jane Austen Centre
The Jane Austen Centre

The Jane Austen Centre is in the heart of the Georgian city of Bath, between the architectural attractions of Queen Square and the Circus, and just a short stroll from Bath Abbey, the Assembly Rooms and the Roman Baths. Come and meet their costumed ‘character’ guides, and enjoy being shown Bath’s fascinating history and its associations with Jane Austen and her family.

East Lambrook Manor Gardens
East Lambrook Manor Gardens

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.

Longleat
Longleat

Explore a world of adventure at Longleat. From a Drive Through Safari expedition, to discovering inside our iconic Elizabethan mansion, there’s plenty to entertain you.

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm is a conservation charity and the largest zoo in Somerset with over 100 species of animals. The multi award winning Zoo is open 7 days a week and aims to make Noah's Ark a place of joy, wonder, adventure and refreshment that supports the well-being of all visitors, staff and volunteers. Through education and fun, they aim to inspire and motivate this generation and the next to consider sustainable lifestyles and care for our planet.

Wookey Hole Caves & Attractions
Wookey Hole Caves & Attractions

Wookey Hole Caves is a magical place of caves, legends, and adventure for all ages. It’s an experience millions of years in the making with plenty to do inside and out. Enjoy vintage penny arcades, museums, adventure golf, and soft play zones, and of course the famous, beautiful caves.

Dunster Working Watermill, National Trust
Dunster Working Watermill, National Trust

On site of a mill mentioned in the Domesday Survey of c1086. The present mill dates from 18thC and was restored to working order.


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