Bristol Airport 1 hr 13
Lytes Cary (26 min)
Garden and architecture Sherborne Castle & Gardens (8 min)
16th-century castle with lavish furnishings, fine art and antiquities, plus huge gardens and a lake. Sherborne Old Castle (7 min)
Remains of a medieval castle with a well-preserved gatehouse & verdant grounds home to birdlife. Stourhead (25 min)
Elegant mansion from the 1740s in its own 1,000-acre estate, filled with follies and water features. King Alfred's Tower (31 min) National Trust - Montacute House (28 min)
National Trust country manor from 1601 with Tudor art in noted Long Gallery, plus formal gardens. Cerne Abbas Giant (25 min)
Mysterious, club wielding, naked male figure, of indeterminable age, cut into a chalk hillside. Cadbury Castle (19 min)
Hilltop ruins of a millennia-old fortress with ties to the legend of King Arthur, popular for walks. Sherborne Abbey (8 min)
Abbey founded in 705AD and famed for its Elizabethan tombs and its unique, ornate vaulted ceiling. Haynes International Motor Museum (18 min)
UK's biggest exhibition of cars and motorbikes dating from 1900 to today, plus kids' play areas. National Trust - Lytes Cary Manor (27 min) Sherborne Museum (7 min) Tintinhull Garden (26 min)
This picturesque garden with areas separated by walls & hedges surrounds a 17th-century house. Yeovil Railway Centre (18 min)
Historic place with full-scale locomotive cars & a mini-train ride, plus an art gallery & gift shop. Fleet Air Arm Museum (20 min)
Huge military and civilian airplane collection, plus interactive aircraft carrier exhibit. | 
