Somerset

Your route for a wonderful road trip in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. Where to stay, what to do, and tips for your road trip – campervans too!

Somerset Stories interviews Rich Wiltshire. Somerset Stories interviews notable Somerset creatives from the Love for Somerset Instagram hub.

Late Afternoon Sun On Luccombe Church, Somerset, England

Are you planning a family holiday in the West Country and want to discover some of the great days out In Somerset? If so, here is the perfect guide. Somerset is a beautiful, rural county in the South-West of England. It is a diverse county with a rich history, spectacular nature and beautiful sandy beaches. We’ll show you some of the best things to do in Somerset, including popular places of interest, historical sites and top attractions for families.

The ancient town of Glastonbury is synonymous without spirituality, mysticism and legend — and it's an unmissable stop-off on our list of places in the 21st century Grand Tour of Britain.

Waking to sunshine on the New Years day this year called for an outing! Having just watched a fabulous BBC programme about how trees communicate, my choice for a sunny adventure was very easy; a revisit to the Ashbrittle Yew Tree. With an estimated age of more than 4000 years old, this incredible yew tree is believed to be the one of the oldest trees in Britain and it may well have been the Bronze Age when it first came into being! Still flourishing, albeit a little lopsided, it has been…

It may be small, but the UK is packed with plenty of marvels courtesy of Mother Nature. From soaring peaks and sprawling caverns to towering sea stacks and shimmering lochs, these images capture the most breathtaking natural wonders in the UK.

Bath and the Cotswolds are easy to visit on one trip. This 2-day itinerary for Bath and Cotswold villages will show you the top places to go.

“WE’RE TRYING TO CREATE a taste of a specific place,” explained Tom Calver, the cheese maker at Westcombe Dairy (westcombedairy.com). That place is the county of Somerset, where a patchwork of green pastures is stitched together by hedgerows thick with cow parsley and wildflowers. Ivy swallows up telephone poles, and herds of Friesian and Ayrshire dairy cows roam the hills as morning mists pool in valleys.