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.​​

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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, sit around the central lake, with vistas that shift as you move through the mature woodland and its collection of exotic trees. The house itself holds a fine Regency library, an extensive picture collection, and furniture by Chippendale the Younger. Nearby, King Alfred's Tower, a striking red-brick folly built in 1772 by Henry Flitcroft, stands almost 50m tall and offers sweeping views over the estate.

Stonehenge is one of the great wonders of the ancient world. What stands today is the last in a series of monuments built between 3000BC and 1600BC, each aligned with the midsummer solstice sunrise. Around 4,500 years ago it was rebuilt in stone, using bluestones hauled 245 miles from the Preseli Mountains in Wales, each weighing around five tons. They were dragged to the sea, floated by raft up the River Avon, then moved overland to the site, an extraordinary feat of ancient engineering and determination.

Dyrham Park is a baroque English country house in an ancient deer park near the village of Dyrham in South Gloucestershire, England. The house, with the attached orangery and stable block is a Grade I listed building, while the park is Grade II* listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.​​​​​​​​

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