Britain's official guide to canals, rivers and lakes

Wednesday 9th July 2008

Places to go in Somerset

Verdant gardens, historic houses and a Benedictine Abbey make for tranquil days out in waterside Somerset.

Local attractions

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Elegant public rooms which hosted the hub of Georgian high society. Designed by John Wood the younger, the Bath …

  • Historic building

Over the past twenty years, Bristol's vast Floating Harbour docklands area has developed into one of the country's …

  • Leisure attraction

The Somerset Space Walk at Maunsel Locks on the Bridgewater & Taunton Canal cleverly demonstrates just how …

  • Leisure attraction

The finest collection of American decorative arts outside the USA.

  • Museum

  • Leisure attraction

Visit the smokery, with its traditional wood fired smokers, and taste samples or buy from the smokery shop. They …

  • Leisure attraction

Water supply to the western end of John Rennie's marvellous achievement - the Kennet & Avon Canal - was always going …

  • Leisure attraction

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