The county of Somerset, England

---

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

Hotels | Bed and Breakfast | Pubs and Inns | Self Catering | Places to Visit | Antiques and Collectables | Museums and Art Galleries | Arts, Crafts and Fairs | Gardens | Castles | Cathedrals | National Parks | Railways | Wildlife | Weddings and Honeymoons | Conferences, Seminars and Corporate Events | Abbeys and Priories | Nature Reserves | Health Spas | Restaurants | Tourist Information Centres | Somerset Towns | Historic Somerset

Selected Somerset hotels - Please Refresh for another random Hotel list

Woodlands Country Hotel & Restaurant, Brent Knoll
Queensberry Hotel
& Olive Tree Restaurant, Bath
Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath
Simonsbath House Hotel , Exmoor
Hilton Bath City, Bath
Lynton House Hotel, Weston-Super-Mare
Queens Arms, Somerset
Centurion Hotel, Midsomer Norton
Haymaker Inn, Chard
Wassells, Cheddar, Somerset

Click for More hotels in Somerset

Click For List of all UK Counties

Explore Somerset Towns

Appley | Ashcott | Ashill | Axbridge | Bath | Beckington | Blagdon | Bradford-On-Tone | Brean | Brent Knoll | Bridgwater | Bristol | Brompton Regis | Bruton | Burnham-On-Sea | Butleigh | Castle Cary | Catcott | Chard | Charlton Mackrell | Cheddar | Cheddar, Somerset | Chew Magna | Chilton Polden | Chipping Sodbury | Churchill | Churchinford | Clapton-In-Gordano | Clevedon | Clutton | Combe Hay | Compton Martin | Cranmore | Crewkerne | Croscombe | Crowcombe | Dinder | Dinnington | Ditcheat | Draycott | Dulverton | Dunster | East Coker | Englishcombe | Exford | Exmoor | Faulkland | Fitzhead | Flax Bourton | Freshford | Frome | Glastonbury | Goathurst | Green Wells | Haselbury Plucknett | High Ham | Highbridge | Hinton Blewett | Hinton Charterhouse | Hinton St George | Hunstrete | Ilchester | Ilminister | Ilminster | Keynsham | Kilve | Kingsdon | Langley Marsh | Langport | Leek | Leigh Upon Mendip | Litton | Lower Vobster | Luxborough | Marston Magna | Martock | Midford | Midsomer Norton | Minehead | Monksilver | Montacute | Nether Stowey | North Curry | North Wooton | Norton St Phillip | Nr Axbridge | Nunney | Over Stratton | Pensford | Pitney | Porlock | Priddy | Rode | Rudge | Saltford | Shepton Mallet | Shepton Montague | Somerset | Somerton | South Petherton | Stanton Drew | Stanton Wick | Staple Fitzpaine | Stogumber | Stoke St Gregory | Stoke Sub Hamdon | Stoke-sub-Hamdon | Ston Eastern | Street | Taunton | Taunton (near) | Tintinhull | Triscombe | Varlington | Wambrook | Washford | Watchet | Waterrow | Wellington | Wells | West Camel | West Huntspill | West Huntspill Bridgwater, Somerset | Weston-Super-Mare | Wheddon Cross | Williton | Wincanton | Winscombe | Winsford | Withpool | Withypool | Wiveliscombe | Wookey | Wookey Hole | Woolverton | Wraxall | Yeovil | Yeovilton |

County Links

England

Bath | Bedfordshire | Berkshire | Birmingham | Bristol | Buckinghamshire | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | Cheshire | Cleveland | Cornwall | Cumbria | Derbyshire | Devon | Dorset | Durham County | Essex | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Herefordshire | Hertfordshire | Isle of Wight | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | Liverpool | London | Manchester | Merseyside | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Northumberland | Nottinghamshire | Oxford | Oxfordshire | Rutland | Shropshire | Somerset | Staffordshire | Suffolk | Surrey | Sussex | Tyne and Wear | Warwickshire | West Midlands | Wiltshire | Worcestershire | York | Yorkshire |

Scotland

Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll, Mull, Bute | Ayrshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dunbartonshire | Dundee | Edinburgh | Falkirk | Fife | Glasgow | Highlands and Islands | Isle of Arran | Kincardineshire | Lanarkshire | Lothian | Moray | Orkney Islands | Perth and Kinross | Renfrewshire | Scottish Borders | Shetland Islands | Stirlingshire |

Wales

Anglesey (Isle of) | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff | Carmarthenshire | Ceredigion | Conwy | Denbighshire | Flintshire | Gwent | Gwynedd | Merthyr Tydfil | Monmouthshire | Neath Port Talbot | Newport | Pembrokeshire | Powys | Rhondda | Swansea | Torfaen | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham |

Northern Ireland

Antrim | Belfast | Down | Fermanagh | Londonderry | Tyrone |

Ireland

Cavan | Clare | Cork | Donegal | Dublin | Galway | Kerry | Kildare | Kilkenny | Leitrim | Limerick | Mayo | Meath | Sligo | Tipperary | Waterford | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow |

The Channel Islands and The Isle of Man

Channel Islands | The Isle of Man |