West Country Travel Guide
Historic Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset
Top Heritage-Rated
Glastonbury Abbey
The Roman Baths
Wells Cathedral
Powderham Castle
Bath
More Major Historic places to visit
Castles
Corfe Castle
Farleigh
Hungerford
Pendennis Castle
Restormel Castle
Tintagel Castle
Totnes
Abbeys and Monasteries
Cleeve Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey
Countryside:
Dartmoor
- Dartmoor Photo Gallery
Exmoor
Historic Houses
Antony House
Athelhampton House
Castle Drogo
Cotehele House
Forde Abbey
Knightshayes Court
Lanhydrock
Montacute House
Pencarrow House
Powderham Castle
Prideaux Place
St. Michael's Mount
Saltram House
Trewithen House
Gardens
Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens
Coleton Fishacre
Killerton Gardens
Marwood Hill
Rosemoor Garden
Trebah Gardens
Forde Abbey
Ancient Sites
Carn Brea
Maiden Castle
Cerne Abbas Giant
Knoll Gardens, near Wimborne, is a 4-acre garden in a naturalistic style, known for its array of ornamental grasses. Enjoy a profusion of flowering perennials in this year-round garden, carefully planted to encourage wildlife and a natural environment where over 6000 named species of plants thrive. ... more
The Crown Hotel
The Crown Hotel is a family run 17th Century Coaching Inn at the heart of the Exmoor National Park. The Crown Hotel provides luxury accommodation, 3 AA Stars with exceptional food. The Crown's cosy country bar is available for informal dining, or for something special there is the romantic award …
Accommodation Rating: 3
Heritage Rating:
Stay From: £70.00
1. The west front of Wells Cathedral
2. The haunting tors of Dartmoor
3. The water-bound causeway to St Michael's Mount
4. Cycling
on the Somerset Levels
5. The gardens at Forde Abbey