The county of Somerset, England

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This county in the West Country is composed of some of the most beautiful scenery in England. Sandwiched mainly between Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire with a tip of Gloucestershire to the north the Quantock Hills and the limestone of the Mendips are particularly lovely. Exmoor too, of course, holds a special appeal and is typified by the wild animals that roam it and the softness of the turf beneath your feet. Rich in legend and history, Somerset has the closest associations of any English county with King Arthur, with Cadbury said to be Camelot and Glastonbury Abbey the burial place of Queen Guinevere. This is also ‘Wessex’ and its churches are noted for their tall towers.

Famous for its cider, the county is full of thatched roofs, and picture-post card scenes and is perfectly central for exploring the West Country in detail.

The former county of Avon (1971) has now been dissolved and reverts once more to Somerset. The jewel in the crown here is beautiful Bath with its Roman beginnings and elegant Georgian architecture. Bath is the most popular destination in Somerset and home to many attractions worth visiting including The American Museum, The Roman Baths, Thermae Spa and Holburne Museum and Art Gallery to mention just a few.

Nearby, Bristol is a vibrant and attractive town and is also important as Cabot set sail from here to the New World in 1497. A quick drive a cross the severn bridge will see you in Wales in no time at all.

Where to stay and things to do in Somerset

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Selected Somerset hotels - Please Refresh for another random Hotel list

Queensberry Hotel
& Olive Tree Restaurant, Bath
Bath Priory Hotel, Bath
Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath
Ashley Villa Hotel, Bath
Bath Windsor Guest House, Bath
Woodlands Country Hotel & Restaurant, Brent Knoll
Cliffe Hotel, Limpley Stoke (Near Bath)
Leighton House, Bath
Dorian House, Bath
Macdonald Francis Hotel, Bath

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Explore Somerset Towns

Appley | Ashcott | Ashill | Axbridge | Bath | Bath (Near) | Bathford (Near Bath) | Beckington | Beckington (Near Bath) | Blagdon | Bradford on Avon (Near Bath) | Bradford-On-Tone | Brean | Brent Knoll | Bridgwater | Bridgwater (Near) | Bristol | Bristol, Avon | Broadway | Butleigh | Castle Cary | Chard | Charlton Mackrell | Cheddar | Cheddar, Somerset | Chew Magna | Chipping Sodbury | Churchill | Churchinford | Clapton-In-Gordano | Clevedon | Clutton | Colerne | Colerne (Near Bath) | Combe Hay | Compton Martin | Coxley (Near Wells) | Cranmore | Creech Saint Michael | Crewkerne | Croscombe | Crowcombe | Curland | Dinnington | Ditcheat | Dulverton | Dunster | Dunster (Near Minehead) | East Coker | East Coker (Near Yeovil) | Edingworth (Near Weston-super-Mare) | Englishcombe (Near Bath) | Exford | Exmoor | Exmoor National Park | Faulkland | Fitzhead | Flax Bourton | Freshford | Frome | Glastonbury | Goathurst | Green Wells | Haselbury Plucknett | Henstridge | High Ham | Highbridge | Hinton Blewett | Hinton Charterhouse (Near Bath) | Hinton St George | Ilchester | Ilminister | Ilminster | Kewstoke (Near Weston Super Mare) | Kilve | Kingsdon | Langley Marsh | Langport | Langport, Somerset | Leek | Leigh Upon Mendip | Limpley Stoke (Near Bath) | Litton | Lower Vobster | Loxton | Luxborough | Marston Magna | Martock | Martock (Near Yeovil) | Midford | Midsomer Norton | Milverton | Minehead | Minehead (Near) | Monksilver | Montacute | Nether Stowey | Nether Stowey Bridgwater | North Curry | North Newton (Near Taunton) | North Petherton (Near Taunton) | Norton St Phillip | Nr Axbridge | Nr Wells | Nunney | Odcombe (Yeovil) | Over Stratton | Pensford | Pensford (Near Bath) | Pitney | Porlock | Priddy | Rode | Rudge | Sedgemoor (Near Weston- Super -Mare) | Shepton Mallet | Shepton Montague | Shipham | Somerset | Sparkford | Stanton Wick | Staple Fitzpane | Stogumber | Stoke St Gregory | Stoke-sub-Hamdon | Stone Allerton | Street | Taunton | Tintinhull | Triscombe | Trull | Varlington | Wambrook | Washford | Watchet | Waterrow | Wellington | Wells | West Camel (Near Yeovil) | West Hatch | West Huntspill | West Huntspill Bridgwater, Somerset | Weston-Super-Mare | Wheddon Cross | Wick (Near Bath) | Wincanton | Winscombe | Withpool | Wookey | Woolverton | Wraxall | Yeovil | Yeovilton |

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