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Located in Nunney, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 4.6 miles away.
Beseiged and partly destroyed during The English Civil War. Nunney Castle was abandoned in the seventeenth century. Built in the French style in the fourteenth century. Said to have been based on the Bastille in Paris. T...
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Located in Nunney, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 4.6 miles away.
Characteristic Somerset Perpendicular tower. Dating from the twelfth century. Remodelled in the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. A short walk from the impressive ruin of Nunney Castle. Medieval wall painting...
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Located in Stourton, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Approximately 6.9 miles away.
Eighteenth century tower on the Stourhead Estate offering stunning views across Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. Climb 205 steps to the top, 1000ft (306m) above sea level. Designed by architect Henry Flitcroft on behalf o...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.4 miles away.
Home to the Bishops of Bath and Wells for around eight hundred years. Next to Wells Cathedral. Surrounded by a moat and high walls with gatehouse and drawbridge. Fourteen acres of gardens including St.Andrew's Spring fro...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.4 miles away.
Seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. West front contains amongst the finest collection of statuary in Europe. Famous for scissor arches inside the cathedral that support its central tower. Begun in 1180. Wells Cathedral...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.4 miles away.
One of the oldest streets in Europe still in existence. Built to provide homes for the Vicars' Choir. Dates from early fifteenth century. Original cobblestoned surface. Close by Wells Cathedral Chapter House...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.5 miles away.
Excellent local museum covering Wells City and The Mendips. Opened 1930. Formerly a canonical house, home to Chancellor. Among exhibits, the stuffed body of the first swan to ring the moat bell at the Bishop's gatehouse...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.7 miles away.
Often mistaken for the cathedral, Wells St Cuthbert's is Somerset's largest church. Built in fifteenth century on site of previous churches (Saxon, Norman, early English). Excellent example of Somerset Perpendicular chur...
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Located in Wells, Somerset, South West England, England
Approximately 7.7 miles away.
Bricke's Almshouses was founded in 1637 by Walter Bricke. There are a number of almshouses around Wells St Cuthbert's Church. A short walk from Wells Cathedral, Bishop's Palace and Vicar's Close...
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Located in Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Approximately 8.7 miles away.
Very popular family day out in the South West. A medieval wooden castle, a hedge maze made from 16,000 yews, a miniature steam railway, a Postman Pat village, a butterfly garden, flight simulator, safari boat, pet's corn...
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Located in Stourton, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Approximately 8.7 miles away.
Part of the Stourhead Estate. Palladian mansion that was originally home to the Hoare family. Famous for its Chippendale furniture. Stourton House has its own gardens that one can visit. These gardens contain an Ice Hous...
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Located in Stourton, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Approximately 8.7 miles away.
Large Wiltshire estate with one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK. The gardens were designed in the eighteenth century by Henry Hoare II and were influenced by painters such as Dughet, Claude and Poussin. Used in t...
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Located in Warminster, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Approximately 8.8 miles away.
An outstanding Elizabethan house. The house was begun in the 1560's after the original priory burnt down. Next to Longleat Safari Park which has lion, tigers, wolves. Next to Longleat Adventure Park which has boat rides,...
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