Countryside attractions in Somerset
Badgworthy Water
The heart of Lorna Doone country - Badgworthy Water offers excellent walking trails deep into Exmoor National Park.
Exmoor
A huge sandstone plateau split by deep coombes, or wooded valleys, Exmoor is home to some of the most varied and beautiful scenery in England. Somerset is home to about 2/3 of Exmoor, with the remainder lying in Devon, to the west.
Exmoor Heritage Coast
England's highest coastline, with striking "hog-back" cliffs towering over the Bristol Channel.
Mendip Hills
A high limestone ridge in northeast Somerset, riddled with caves such as Cheddar Cave and Wookey Hole. Below the Hills are the Somerset Levels, marshy ground that was underwater in the Middle Ages.
South West Coast Path
The longest and, occasionally most arduous, of England's National Trails runs from Minehead along the coast and into Devon on its way to Lands End and the south coast.
A striking natural hill rising up out of the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels. Burrow Mump rises to a height of 24 metres above the Levels, offering excellent views on a clear day. The Mump is topped by a romantic ruined 14th-century church. For many years it was thought that the Mump was the site of a Norman motte castle, but this now seems unlikely.
A361,
Burrowbridge,
Somerset,
England, TA7 0RB
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Ebbor Gorge is a heavily wooded gorge on the slopes of the Mendip Hills, with nature trails and wonderful views across the Somerset Levels below.
Deer Leap,
Wookey Hole,
Somerset,
England, BA5 1AY
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Whether you subscribe to some of the more esoteric writings about Glastonbury Tor, there is no doubting that this striking hill rising above the Somerset Levels is a wonderfully atmospheric place, steeped in history and legend.
A361,
Glastonbury,
Somerset,
England
Attraction Type: Countryside - Monument
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The Holnicote Estate is a large (12,500 acres) area of Exmoor National Park, crisscrossed by footpaths along high tors, rocky coastline, fields, villages, woods and moorland.
Selworthy,
Somerset,
England, TA24 8TJ
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Maunsel Lock Canal Centre stands on the west bank of the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal, a restored 19th-century waterway. The canal towpath links to four circular walks including the Somerset Space Walk, a scale model of the solar system.
Bankland,
North Newton,
Somerset,
England, TA7 0DH
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Steart Marshes is a man-made saltmarsh and wetland area on the Steart peninsula north of Bridgwater. There is a network of nature trails through the reserve and several bird hides overlooking the marshes. The reserve is free to access at any time and the trails and hides are wheelchair friendly.
Stert Drove, Steart, Stockland Bristol,
Somerset,
England
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