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Bishops Palace Wells
The Bishop's Palace, protected by high defensive
walls, a moat and gatehouse with drawbridge and portcullis,
has been home to the Bishops of Bath and Wells for 800 years
and is probably the most perfect and complete surviving example
of a medieval bishop's palace. The state rooms and gardens are
open to the public on certain days. The swans on the moat ask
for food by ringing a bell near the drawbridge.
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Black Swan Arts
A dynamic venue for contemporary arts and
crafts with regular exhibitions. Our purpose is to provide an
enriching and challenging arts experience for everyone. Our
craft studios offer visitors the opportunity to watch crafts
people at work and buy directly from them. Based in Frome.
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Burcott Mill
Burcott Mill is a working water-powered flour
mill, reconstructed by Devon craftsmen in 1864. There has been
a mill on this site for over 1,000 years and few such watermills
still operate commercially today. The Mill is open to the public
for visits on Saturdays and Sundays from Easter until the end
of September, 11am to 5pm. Admission charges apply.
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Charterhouse Centre
An award winning outdoor and environmental
centre with facilities for schools, youth, college, corporate,
family and community groups. With on-site Nature Reserve with
its wetlands, woodlands and grasslands, a climbing venue, several
caves and numerous team-building challenges.
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Clarks Shopping Village
Over 50 factory outlets from many major brand
names in this purpose built shopping village in Street. Cafes,
Children's Play Area and plenty of parking spaces.
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Downside Abbey
The Abbey Church in Stratton
on the Fosse is the largest of the neo-Gothic, post-Reformation
Catholic churches in England, and is the focal point of a major
Benedictine monastery and boys' boarding school.
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East Somerset Railway
Steam through the rolling Mendip countryside
on a day out at the East Somerset Railway. Take a ride on one
of our steam trains on the five mile round trip and travel back
in time to the halcyon days of steam? Train rides · Engine
Shed · Workshop · Museum · Cafe ·
Shop
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Farleigh Hungerford
Castle
A ruined reminder of
an age when an English knight's home was his castle. The best
days to visit are when there is a special event. English
Heritage organise a great series of historical re-enactments,
plays and fairs. Children will love the colourful knights and
storytellers.
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Frome Museum
A fascinating collection of local artefacts
and sources of information, ranging from the Horner family
to glass negatives from Singers Art Metal works. It has a
library, a collection of historic maps, photographs, and a
range of local information leaflets and books. It has many
artefacts on display, from the ancient quern to the Marston
House Fire Engine, a great favourite with children.
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Glastonbury Abbey
The Abbey is set in 37 acres of beautifully
peaceful parkland in the centre of Glastonbury. It is traditionally
the first Christian sanctuary in Great Britain, visited, so
legend has it, by Joseph of Arimathea. Whatever one believes
the facts are that the ruins are unique, the grounds provide
a spot of peace and tranquility, and if the weather is poor
there is the new Visitor's Centre with award winning Museum
which includes a model of the Abbey as it might have looked
in 1539.
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Kilver Court Gardens
The Gardens were first created as a recreational
space for the factory workers of Kilver Court in the 1800’s.
In the 1960’s, they were restored and developed by the
Showering family of Babycham fame, who commissioned George Whitelegg
to recreate his Gold medal winning Chelsea Flower Show rockery
garden within the setting. At the time, the garden was a bold
and modern design statement. Since then, the Gardens have been
a hidden secret for the past 25 years.
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Milton Lodge Gardens
Located high on the Mendip Hills with panoramic
views to Wells and its Abbey. The garden at Milton Lodge was
conceived about 1900 by Mr Charles Tudway, the present owner’s
great grandfather. During the first ten years of the 20th Century
the sloping ground was transformed into the existing series
of architectural terraces, specifically to capitalise on the
glorious views of the Cathedral and the Vale of Avalon.
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Norwood Farm
An organic rare breeds farm in
Norton St Philip. The farm is an ideal place to visit with
small children, who will love the opportunity to feed the animals
- buy a bag of feed for 40p at the entrance, and wander around
the farm feeding the eager sheep and goats, who will come trotting
to the fences to greet their visitors and daintily eat from
the palm of their hands.
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Nunney
Castle
The striking and picturesque moated castle of Nunney
was built in the 1370s by Sir John de la Mere, a local knight
who was beginning to enjoy royal favour. Extensively modernised
in the late 16th century, the castle was held for the King during
the Civil War, but quickly fell to Parliamentarian cannon in
1645: not until Christmas Day 1910, however, did the gun-damaged
portion of the wall finally collapse.
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Rural Life Museum
In the old Glastonbury Abbey Farmhouse the
social and domestic life of Victorian Somerset is described
in reconstructed rooms and an exhibition which tells the life
story of a farm worker, John Hodges, from the cradle to the
grave. The14thC Abbey barn the farm buildings around the courtyard
contain displays illustrating the tools and techniques of farming
in Victorian Somerset. Unusual local activities like willow
growing, mud horse fishing, peat digging and cider making are
included.
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Somerset Lavender
We grow and harvest lavender for its essential
oil on our farm. Discover the wonders of Lavender and enjoy
the sight of the fields in full bloom. Find out how we plough,
plant, weed, harvest and distil the essential oil. Based in
the village of Faulkland,
Somerset Lavender is open to visitors throughout the summer
months.
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The Shoe Museum
The museum is in Street High Street and
contains a collection of footwear from Roman times to the
present day, together with some shoemaking machinery. There
are shoes, buckles, fashion plates, showcards, hand tools,
from many shoe brands, together with documents and photographs
showing the history of the Clark family and its connection
with the development of shoemaking in the 19th century in
Street.
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Wells Cathedral
Wells Cathedral is the first English-built
and designed example in the Gothic style, dating back to 1180.
Its famous features include the spectacular West Front which
looks over the Cathedral Green, unique scissor arches in the
Nave, a panorama of The Last Judgement, the Chapter House and
the 600-year-old Astronomical Clock.
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Wells Museum
Display of the past and present life of the
city of Wells and the Mendip area including local archaeology,
cave finds, and the Witch of Wookey Hole. Statutory from Wells
Cathedral, sampler collection, geological collection, Roman
lead ingots and a miniature antique shop. A varied programme
of temporary exhibitions is run throughout the year.
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West Pennard Court
Barn
15th-century barn in West
Pennard with an unusual roof. Unusual upper floor made of
compacted earth. A true pastoral idyll, surrounded by grazing
meadows. Admission by appointment. Access by key, to be collected
by arrangement.
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Wookey Hole
The famous caves and much much more. Monster
Mill - Ice Age Valley - Pirate Golf - Circus. Britain's most
spectacular caves and legendary home of the infamous Witch of
Wookey. Revamped, restored and totally remarkable, the new Wookey
Hole Experience is bursting onto the 2009 holiday scene in an
explosive mix of...HISTORY,MYSTERY & FUN.
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