Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

 John Locke is regarded as possibly the most influential English language philosopher and political theorist. His works lie at the foundati...

Monk’s Steps or St Kew’s Steps , as they are also known, run from Woodspring Avenue near the top of the northern slope of Worlebury Hill in ...

  A memorial stone has recently been placed in Bridgetown Wood, by the side of the bridlepath, which runs between Bridgetown and Howetown Fa...

Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy. His father Giuseppe Marconi was Italian but his mother Annie Jameson came from County Wexford...

Edith Louisa Cavell was born on December 4th 1865 in the village of Swardeston in Norfolk, where her father Frederick was the vicar for 45 ...

St Michael's Church at Raddington is an unspoiled gem of a church.  There is no road access to it: it is only accessible by footpaths f...

Walter Bagehot was born in Langport on 3rd February 1826.  He became an economist and political analyst and he was one of the most influent...

Nailsea hides its coal mining heritage well.  Most visitors to the town are unlikely to notice the few remaining engine and winding houses o...