Bristol Airport 1 hr 4
Cothay Manor & Gardens (Medieval Manor House & Gardens) (10 min) Hestercombe House & Gardens (29 min) Temples, lakes and formal beds, joint work of design greats Gertrude Jekyll and Sir Edward Lutyens. Quantock Hills (34 min) Nature preserve with old ruins & hiking trails through woodlands, meadows & rocky coastline. Sheppy's Cider Farm Shop (12 min) 370-acre site with orchards, a museum of rural life, a tearoom, a farm shop and a Longhorn herd. Vivary Park (19 min) Quaint park on the site of a medieval fish farm with a ropes course, playground, mini-golf & more. Wellington Monument (9 min) Wimbleball Lake (36 min) Public reservoir lake for watersports, walking & other outdoor activities, plus showers & a cafe. Tiverton Castle (18 min) Fortified manor house offering rooms and apartments, plus English Civil war armour and artefacts. Hestercombe House (29 min) Stately country home with a Georgian facade, featuring an art gallery, restaurant & bookshop. National Trust - Fyne Court (32 min) An arboretum & wild gardens in the grounds of a grand house, most of it destroyed by fire in 1894. Diggerland Devon (15 min) Construction machinery attraction with full-size diggers, tractors and dumpers rides and drives. Coldharbour Mill (13 min) Museum and weaving Knightshayes Court (23 min) This William Burges–designed Victorian country house features landscaped gardens & a stické court. Museum of Somerset (20 min) Exhibits, film and audio explore the county's history (includes the Frome Hoard of Roman coins). |