Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

Stoke Pero Church stands at an altitude of 310 metres above sea level and is the highest church on Exmoor.  The church was built in the 13t...

Montacute House (owned by the National Trust) has some particularly fine examples of wibbly-wobbly or "cloud" hedges .  The ones ...

Smitham Chimney and the pond next to it are the only visible remains of a lead smelting plant.  The stone and brick chimney is located on S...

Thomas Coryat(e) was born in the village of Odcombe in around 1577.  His father George was the rector of Odcombe.  Thomas went to school in...

The Three Shire Stones are located at the tripoint where the counties of Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire meet. In the case of Somer...

The ruined Burgundy Chapel is located on the north side of North Hill, two miles north-west of Minehead and close to the coast but about 80...

Winter's Tower or Combe Wood Lodge/Tower , as it is also known, was built in around 1750 for local landowner John Winter .  He lived at ...

St Michael's Tower is a prospect tower or folly located on the top of St Michael's Hill (139 metres above sea level), which is loca...