Activities for all the family
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Longleat House and Safari Park

Cheddar Caves and Gorge

A major tourist attraction for over 200 years, with plenty to do above and below ground.
Outstanding Natural Beauty, where you'll find many rare species. The Cathedral-like Caves and
Britain's biggest Gorge are million-year-old Ice Age river beds. Your ancestors have lived here
for 40,000 years,  and world-famous Cheddar Man is Britain's oldest complete skeleton.

Wookey Hole

Here at Wookey Hole are mysteries of man himself. How did the early cavemen, who inhabited
these caves, really live from day to day? And what makes a modern diver explore the caverns
beyond the sunlight? Even the earliest men who lived in the valley of Wookey Hole 50,000 years
ago, hunting bear and rhinoceros with stone weapons, must have been in awe of the great caves
for they had already existed for millions of years. Yet by the 15th century only bones, broken
pottery and legends remained.

Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park

Cricket St Thomas is the top Wildlife Park attraction to visit in the southwest of England. One of its
aims is to create environments in which animals can behave as naturally as possible. New exhibits
are designed to allow the animals to express natural behaviours seen in the wild. Like nature, it
offers a diversity of habitats - the landscape and wildlife are constantly changing to provide
something new to see and enjoy.

Brokerswood Country Park

This last remaining corner of the ancient forest of Selwood is a treasure trove of woodland walks,
water and children's play areas. As days out go, you'll love it. Bring the children to feed the ducks
and look out for a wonderful array of birds and wildlife or try a day's fishing and enjoy peace and
tranquillity.

Historic sites
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Stourhead
Stourhead Stately Home and Gardens

An outstanding example of the English landscape style, this splendid garden was designed by Henry
Hoare II and laid out between 1741 and 1780. Classical temples, including the Pantheon and Temple
of Apollo, are set around the central lake at the end of a series of vistas, which change as the visitor
moves around the paths and through the magnificent mature woodland with its extensive collection
of exotic trees. The magnificent interior includes an outstanding Regency library, an extensive picture
collection and furniture by Chippendale the Younger. King Alfred's Tower, an intriguing red-brick folly
built in 1772 by Henry Flitcroft, is almost 50m high and gives breathtaking views over the estate.
 

Glastonbury
Glastonbury Tor

The dramatic and evocative Tor dominates the surrounding countryside and offers spectacular views
over Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. At the summit of this very steep hill an excavation has revealed
the plans of two superimposed churches of St Michael, of which only the 15th-century tower remains.
 

Stonehenge
Stonehenge World Heritage Site

Historic towns, cities and shopping
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Frome

Frome is a town of enormous charm, with its steep, winding streets, its wealth of beautiful old
buildings and its friendly, relaxed atmosphere. It has more listed buildings than any other town
in Somerset (357 at the last count), many of them reminders of a rich Wessex industrial history
of cloth, agriculture and country market trading. It remains the biggest of the five Mendip towns
and is renown for its thriving Arts & Crafts community. Older than Bath (13 miles north), its
history dates from AD685, when St Aldhelm founded a mission on the River Frome. The Frome
continues to meander through, passing the unique, Grade 1 Listed Blue House. Frome has largely
escaped insensitive redevelopment, bequeathing it a legacy of 18th century cloth merchants'
homes and Trinity, one of the country's best examples of industrial housing from the 1600s.

Bath

Salisbury

Salisbury has been a favourite destination for visitors for the past 800 years or more. With first
class visitor attractions, theatres, events, shopping, eating and drinking it’s no wonder that last
year Salisbury was voted, by Observer readers, in the top ten of the best British tourist destinations!
Discover how perfectly the past merges with the present, as you enjoy the delights of this medieval
city and beautiful English its countryside and the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge. There is an
abundance of historical buildings peppered throughout the city to explore – including the majestic
sight that is Salisbury Cathedral’s spire’, Britain’s tallest, standing at a breathtaking 123 metres,
together with modern high street shops that are mixed with specialist retail outlets with something
for everyone.

Wells and its Cathedral

What makes a city a city? Technically, the presence of a cathedral makes a town into a city, so that
qualifies the quiet Somerset backwater of Wells as a city. Yet thinking of Wells as a city is misleading,
for this beautiful home of the Bishops of Bath and Wells has much more of a rural town or very large
village about it. With only about 10,000 residents, Wells is the smallest city in England. The highlight
of a visit to Wells is the magnificent cathedral. Wells Cathedral is one of the architectural highlights of
Britain, replete with intricate Gothic carvings, a unique scissors vault to brace the building against
shifting medieval foundations, and a marvellous chapter house.

Clarks Village Outlet Centre

Clarks Village is the UK's first and foremost outlet shopping centre and has established itself as one of
the premier shopping destinations in the country. With over 90 outlet shops to choose from offering up
to 60% OFF rrp on a host of famous brands, plus regular entertainment and live events all set within a
unique village environment, you have all the ingredients for a great day out! So find your Retail Therapy
at Clarks Village, where value never goes out of fashion.