Bristol Airport 1 hr 3
Bratton Camp And White Horse (19 min.) area featuring an iron age hilltop defence & a huge white silhouette of a horse cut in the 1600s. Shearwater (12 min.) lake and sailing Longleat Hedge Maze (15 min.) opened in 1975 this 2-mi. hedge maze at longleat safari & adventure park has an observation tower. Longleat (5 min.) drive-thru wild animal park plus an elizabethan house theme park amusements and events. Shaftesbury Abbey (29 min.) Abbey garden convent and history Old Wardour Castle (36 min.) Partially ruined turreted 14th-century fortified residence with panoramic views. King Alfred S Tower (23 min) East Somerset Railway (25 min.) summer timetable for steam train trips with kids events and a dining carriage serving cream teas. Nunney Castle (20 min.) picturesque ruins of a small 14th-century castle with 4 round corner towers & a moat. Brokerswood Country Park (18 min) woodland venue with adventure playgrounds railway and lake plus camping and caravanning space. Iford Manor Gardens (24 min.) historic venue with italianate garden and cloister for summer opera jazz and concerts plus walks. National Trust Cley Hill (5 min.) iron age and history Farleigh Hungerford Castle (21 min.) house/grounds in a tranquil valley with medieval paintings and lead human-shaped coffins in crypt. Stourhead (17 min.) elegant mansion from the 1740s in its own 1 000-acre estate filled with follies and water features. |