Somerset

The ancient town of Glastonbury is synonymous without spirituality, mysticism and legend — and it's an unmissable stop-off on our list of places in the 21st century Grand Tour of Britain.

Glastonbury Tor, Somerset in winter sunshine

Somerset Stories interviews Rich Wiltshire. Somerset Stories interviews notable Somerset creatives from the Love for Somerset Instagram hub.

The best and prettiest Somerset villages. Gorgeous dwellings in the heart of this rural West Country county.

Discover the best things to do and top attractions in Somerset, England. Plus ideas on how to spend some great family days out in Somerset.

A polished Victorian seaside resort, Clevedon is draped over seven limestone hills next to the Bristol Channel. The coast is rocky, with low cliffs and pebble beaches next to public ... Read more

“WE’RE TRYING TO CREATE a taste of a specific place,” explained Tom Calver, the cheese maker at Westcombe Dairy (westcombedairy.com). That place is the county of Somerset, where a patchwork of green pastures is stitched together by hedgerows thick with cow parsley and wildflowers. Ivy swallows up telephone poles, and herds of Friesian and Ayrshire dairy cows roam the hills as morning mists pool in valleys.

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Visit the ancient castle and comfortable country home with dramatic views over Exmoor over the Bristol Channel, and explore the working 18th-century watermill.