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May 1, 2023 · 3. Exmoor. Source: flickr. Exmoor, Somerset. Most of Exmoor National Park is inside Somerset’s lines, and makes up a great deal of the western part of the county. In the north the hills arrive at the Bristol Channel in dramatic fashion, forming the highest sea cliffs in the country, brutal dark sandstone walls.
Welcome to Somerset the home of Cheddar Cheese, Cider, Glastonbury Festival, illuminated Carnivals, Arthurian Legends, Five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. World Heritage site Bath, Medieval City Wells, foundations European Christianity. Caves, Cheddar and Wookey Hole, West Somerset Railway, Exmoor National Park in Somerset
Read more on Somerset, a county of contrasts from invigorating coastlines and seaside sandy beaches to gigantic limestone gorges, from low-lying wetlands to uplands and moors with panoramic views. Within those contrasts there is a wide choice of things to do. The landscape gives rise to some of the best grassland in the world, along with beautiful apple and pear orchards and fields of vegetables.
9. Fleet Air Arm Museum. 2,150. Military Museums. Interactive aviation museum with historical naval aircraft exhibits, including a walk-through Concorde and an Aircraft Carrier Experience. Welcomes family visits with engaging activities for all ages.
Somerset charity cares for adorable badger cub which tried to follow people home. Vape shop opens in Taunton after success in Wellington. Somerset Housing Market: Prices slightly down as rents ...
51.3 -2.733333. 1 Mendip Hills — a range of limestone hills in northern Somerset designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 51.13453 -3.64642. 2 Exmoor National Park — one of the UK's first national parks, it is composed mostly of open heath and moorland.
History of Somerset. Somerset is a historic county in the south west of England. There is evidence of human occupation since prehistoric times with hand axes and flint points from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic eras, and a range of burial mounds, hill forts and other artefacts dating from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages.
