Barrington Court
A Handsome Tudor manor house with elegant formal gardens inspired by Gertrude Jekyll, a working kitchen garden and an arboretum that looks glorious in the autumn. The kitchen garden produce is used in the restaurant.
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Coleridge Cottage
This is the home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge who wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner here. There is a display of the poet’s personal momentoes and the cottage is situated on the Coleridge Way footpath.
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Dunster Castle
Magnificent, ancient castle standing in a dramatic hilltop location overlooking Exmoor and the Bristol Channel. Fine interiors, subtropical gardens and home to the National Collection of strawberry trees.
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Fyne Court Nature Reserve
Beautiful location deep in the Quantock Hills the Quantocks Visitor Centre and the headquarters of the Somerset Wildlife Trust are located.
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Lytes Cary Manor
Fabulous Tudor manor house with Tudor great hall and 14th century chapel. The manor was home to the medieval herbalist Henry Lyte and the gardens still grow the plants he cultivated.
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Holnicote Estate
Spectacular scenery featuring high heather moorland, ancient woodlands and dramatic cliffs where exmoor plunges into the sea. There are charming village cottages from Medieval to 19th century. Wild goats scramble up and down the cliffs and Exmoor horn sheep and Exmoor ponies are much in evidence. The diverse and rare wildlife, includes barbastelle bats and heath fritillary butterflies.
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Montacute House
Magnificent Renaissance manor house filled with historic treasures. In the Long Gallery, there’s an exhibition of Elizabethan artwork from the National Portrait Gallery. The gardens and parkland are also well worth a visit. The house was a used as a location for the film Sense and Sensibility.
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