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Home > Where > England > South West

West Country Travel Guide

Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset

Major West Country Attractions

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall Castles
Corfe Castle
Farleigh Hungerford
Pendennis Castle
Restormel Castle
Tintagel Castle
Totnes

Abbeys and Monasteries
Cleeve Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey

Cathedrals
Exeter
Wells

Countryside:
Dartmoor
- Dartmoor Photo Gallery
Exmoor

Historic Houses
Antony House
Athelhampton House
Castle Drogo
Cotehele House
Forde Abbey
Knightshayes Court
Lanhydrock
Montacute House
Pencarrow House
Powderham Castle
Prideaux Place
St. Michael's Mount
Saltram House
Trewithen House

Gardens
Abbotsbury Gardens
Coleton Fishacre
Killerton Gardens
Marwood Hill
Rosemoor Garden
Trebah Gardens
Forde Abbey

Ancient Ruins
Carn Brea
Maiden Castle
Cerne Abbas Giant

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Cornwall
Devon
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Somerset

Featured Attraction
	Shute Barton - Axminster, Devon, England Also known as Old Shute House, Shute Barton is an embattled 14th century manor house with the addition of a late 15th century wing. There was also a Tudor block, but this was demolished around 1785. The house was built around 1380, and consists of two wings in a L … ... more

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Editor's picks - Top 5 reasons to visit the West Country
1. The west front of Wells Cathedral
2. The haunting tors of Dartmoor
3. The water-bound causeway to St Michael's Mount
4. Cycling on the Somerset Levels
5. The gardens at Forde Abbey

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13 February, 1689

William and Mary jointly crowned monarchs of England

Only the previous day Parliament declared a Declaration of Rights, making James II's constitutional reforms illegal

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