Bristol Airport 1 hr
WWT Steart Marshes (9 min) Protected saltmarsh providing a habitat for many seabirds & young fish as well as flood protection. Berrow Beach (40 min) Somerset Levels (39 min) Covering over 160,000 acres, this scenic area features plains & wetlands for hiking & recreation. Weston Super Mare Beach (44 min) Sand beach, mud flats & town with an aquarium, museums, theaters & grand pier with amusements. Animal Farm Adventure Park (42 min) Kids can pet goats, donkeys and llamas or enjoy the Playbarn's slides and ball pools. Cleeve Abbey (23 min) Rural 1500s Cistercian monastery with preserved monks' dormitory and an exhibition about their life. Quantock Hills (16 min) Nature preserve with old ruins & hiking trails through woodlands, meadows & rocky coastline. Hestercombe House (32 min) Stately country home with a Georgian facade, featuring an art gallery, restaurant & bookshop. The Walled Gardens of Cannington & Tea Room (10 min) National Trust - Coleridge Cottage (8 min) Kilve Beach (14 min) Beach and fossil Brean Down Fort (1 hr 2) Ruined fort at the end of a 318-ft.-high peninsula built to defend against Napoleonic invasion. Hestercombe House & Gardens (31 min) Temples, lakes and formal beds, joint work of design greats Gertrude Jekyll and Sir Edward Lutyens. Museum of Somerset (37 min) Exhibits, film and audio explore the county's history (includes the Frome Hoard of Roman coins). National Trust - Fyne Court (25 min) An arboretum & wild gardens in the grounds of a grand house, most of it destroyed by fire in 1894. |