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
Located on the south Cornish coast, close to Hayle, Porthleven has one of the prettiest harbours in Cornwall. The harbour was built during the Napoleonic Wars, using French prisoners as a labour force. There is an active fishing fleet, and you can eat fresh-caught fish at a number of restaurants … ... more
The Oakhouse Hotel
The Oakhouse hotel is an 11th century building that sits proudly in the historical market square in the town of Axbridge. Only two miles away from Cheddar Caves the hotel has 9 rooms all with tv, coffee making facilities, en suite. The hotel also has a restaurant that caters lunchtime …
Accommodation Rating: NC
Heritage Rating:
Stay From: £64.00
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
