West Country Travel Guide
Historic Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset
Top Heritage-Rated
Glastonbury Abbey
The Roman Baths
Wells Cathedral
Powderham Castle
Bath
More Major Historic places to visit
Castles
Corfe Castle
Farleigh
Hungerford
Pendennis Castle
Restormel Castle
Tintagel Castle
Totnes
Abbeys and Monasteries
Cleeve Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey
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 Sub-Tropical Gardens
Coleton Fishacre
Killerton Gardens
Marwood Hill
Rosemoor Garden
Trebah Gardens
Forde Abbey
Ancient Sites
Carn Brea
Maiden Castle
Cerne Abbas Giant
One of the finest early Gothic cathedrals in Europe, Wells is famed for its extraordinary west front, replete with carved statues of Biblical figures, and for its superb chapter house, reached by a worn, curving set of stone steps. The nave is braced by unique scissor vault, pierced by huge … ... more
Bridge House Hotel
Situated on the eastern edge of Bridport town centre next to the River Asker and gardens which follow the river's course. We are open throughout the year offering short breaks and weekly holidays.
Accommodation Rating: 33
Heritage Rating:
Stay From: £95.00
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