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Cary Manor and Gardens. Te hillside villages of Kingsdon and Limington are a short drive away.
Te village of Yeovilton is five miles from Yeovil and home to the Fleet Air Arm Museum, being largest of its type in the UK.
Yeovil, with its modern pedestrian shopping precinct and the Quedam experience, is the largest town in South Somerset. It has a fascinating history, and enough attractions to fill several days of a holiday. Tere are outdoor markets and the thriving livestock market is a reminder that, despite its business parks and modern industries, Yeovil is a country town at heart with beautiful accessible countryside stretching all along its southern rim and beyond, with footpaths to walk and sights to see. Te Middle Street area is fully pedestrianised with a bandstand.
Travelling a little north from Yeovil just off the A303 and 30 minutes from J25 of the M5 is the village of Sparkford and the Haynes Motor Museum, signposted with high profile brown tourist signs from all major trunk roads.
Near Yeovil, there are umpteen villages and towns to visit, all of which will stretch your imagination of yesteryear and make you want to visit again. Barrington is home to the 16th century Barrington Court House and Gardens.
At Barwick and Stoford there is Barwick House, with strange follies, plus Jack the Treacle Eater and the Fish Tower, arranged at the four points of the compass. Buckland St Mary is set high in the beautiful Blackdown Hills with the Neroche Forest, plus the neighbouring villages of Wambrook, Whitestaunton and Combe St Nicholas.
Chiselborough and the Chinnocks are picturesque Ham Stone villages. East Chinnock church is famous for its windows made by German prisoners. Bridge Farm Cider is nearby, and West Coker Fen, a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve, is on the outskirts of the village.
Crewkerne has many fine old buildings and a magnificent 15th century church. Discover its
history in the Heritage Centre, discover the art galleries, antique and bookshops. Swim at the Crewkerne Aqua Centre or visit the Bincombe Beeches nature trail. You will be sure to find something of interest.
Dowlish Wake is the home of Perry’s Cider Mills and Rural Museum. Te church has John Hanning Speke discoverer of the source of the River Nile. Tere is also a pottery and craft shop. East Coker has picturesque 16th century and 17th century houses. Historic Coker Court is birthplace of William Dampier, the first Englishman to set foot in Australia. Te resting place of T.S. Elliot can also be visited. Within walking distance is the Sutton Bingham reservoir, and beyond this is the Pen Wood nature trail. Hinton St George is a beautiful Ham Stone village with cottages dating from 14th century and is where Henry Fowler lived while compiling the Oxford English Dictionary. When in need of sustenance, or if you need a room, Patrick and Claire at the Helyar Arms offer all the comforts of home.
Martock is home to the Martock Gallery. Te 13th century church has one of the finest carved tie beam roofs in Somerset, and north of the town is the Town Tree Nature Gardens. In nearby Lopen ‘Te Lopen Roman Mosaic’ was discovered. A replica panel of part of the mosaic is on view at the parish church along with information about the find. Shepton Beauchamp is an attractive place to visit with a summer maze of maize and this is home to the Dennis China Works.
Montacute is home to Montacute House with its gardens. South Petherton has a church with an octagonal central tower with twelve bells and the David Hall Arts Centre. Te Hamdons villages contain the Hamdon Priory and Ham Hill, which is part of a four acre park and it is the starting point of Te Liberty Trail. Tintinhull has a National Trust Manor House and garden designed by Phyllis Reiss. Winsham is close to the Cistercian monastery with extensive gardens, a little church and fruit farm at Forde Abbey.
Blackmore Vale & Camelot Country
Templecombe has the church of St Mary at Abbas, with a medieval portrait of Christ closely resembling the face on the Turin Shroud. Nearby, the hamlets of Brewham, Border and Hardway are in a wooded river valley, with Kingsettle Hill and the 164ft Alfred’s Tower at the starting point of the Leland Trail.
Henstridge is where Sir Walter Raleigh reputedly first smoked tobacco at the aptly named Virginia Ash Inn. Marston Magna has a church with traces of Saxon herringbone work and a Norman font. Milborne Port had its own mint and was one of the most important towns in Somerset. Tings to see are attractive old buildings, including: the market hall, Guildhall, the church and fives wall. Nearby the villages of Stowell and Charlton Horethorne nestle in the undulating countryside.
North Cadbury is stone-built cottages and home to the handsome Elizabethan Cadbury Court, plus a fine collegiate church built in 1470 with bench-end carvings from 1538. South Cadbury is a small village at the foot of Cadbury Castle, which is reputedly King Arthur’s Camelot. Legend holds that on midsummer’s eve Arthur and his knights are visible. Nearby are the delightful villages of Sutton Montis, Compton Pauncefoot and Blackford, all with historic churches.
Pen Selwood is a well-wooded parish bordering Dorset and Wiltshire, with lanes and paths leading to the Stourhead estate. Queen Camel is an attractive village with Blue Lias stone and thatched buildings, plus a church tower containing the heaviest peal of six bells in the World. At nearby West Camel, the cruciform church dates mostly from 15th century and contains a Norman font.
Wincanton has elegant Georgian houses and coaching inns, the Discworld Emporium, stocking all of the late Terry Pratchet works. Wincanton Museum exhibits artefacts and tells the story of the town and South Somerset. Tere is a swimming pool at the sports centre, and Wincanton Country Market. For the sport minded,
there are the Wincanton Races and a choice of 9 and 18-hole golf- courses, fishing in lakes and rivers, racquet sports, plus, if you are a keen cyclist, you can explore the South Somerset countryside. It is a short drive to the Moldrams Nature Reserve, plus nearby Bayford, Stoke Trister and Cucklington have panoramic views.
WHAT’S ON 2017 29–2 June Kid’s Dicovery Wek Haynes International Motor Museum
17–18 June Father’s Day Dream Car Drives Haynes Motor Museum 8 July RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day Ilchester 28–29 July Farmfest Gilcombe Farm, Bruton 17–19 Aug ArcTanGent Festival Fernhil Farm, Compton Martin 3 Sept Rare Breds 10 Haynes International Motor Museum 23–24 Sept Somerset’s Festival of Transport Wincanton Racecourse 21–29 Oct Haunted Haynes Wek Haynes International Motor Museum 2–23 Dec Christmas at Haynes Haynes International Motor Museum
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