West Country Museums, Heritage

Old Sarum

Old Sarum with its huge banks and ditches, lies near Salisbury on the edge of the Wiltshire chalk plains. It is an extraordinary place with an...

Ashdown House

This extraordinary Dutch-style house is famous for its association with Elizabeth of Bohemia ('The Winter Queen'), Charles...

Stonehenge Historic Landscape (National Trust)

The megalithic ruin known as Stonehenge is a magical, ancient ceremonial landscape of great archaeologic signifigance. It stands on the open...

Killerton House

Built for the Acland family in 1778, the house is furnished as a comfortable home. The Paulise de Bush collection of 18th- to 20th-century...

Victor Hugo House

Hauteville House the home of the famous French romantic writer Victor Hugo, has been preserved exactly as it was, when he lived there in exile...

A La Ronde (National Trust)

This unique 16-sided house was built in 1796 under the instructions of two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter, after a grand tour of...

Castle Drogo

This incredible property is situated at a height of nearly 300 metres within Dartmoor National Park and can experience extreme weather conditions....

Tintagel Old Post Office

Tintagel Old Post Office is a small and fascinating 14th-century stone house, built to the plan of a medieval manor house and with a large hall. ...

Bristol's Industrial Museum

Bristol's Industrial Museum is situated in the Floating Harbour in an old transit shed for goods coming into the city. Printing, flying...

Castle Cornet

Castle Cornet is Guernsey's ancient harbour fortress, towering over St Peter Port, which houses a number of museums and holds a daily noonday...

Somerset Rural Life Museum

At the Rural Life Museum of Somerset the Abbey Farmhouse the social and domestic life of Victorian Somerset is described in reconstructed rooms...

Victorian Shop & Parlour

No. 26 Cornet Street is the Headquarters of the National Trust of Guernsey and is one of the earliest remaining complete buildings of any age...

The Wardrobe Museum

The museum displays a significant part of the collection of the forming regiments of the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment. As with any...

Battle of Flowers Museum

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The Jersey Battle of Flowers Museum was founded by Florence Bechelet, one of the Battle's most prolific exhibitors. The museum opened in 1971...

Lacock Abbey & Village

Founded in 1232 and converted into a country house c1540, the fine medieval cloisters, sacristy, chapter house and monastic rooms of the Abbey...

Clevedon Court

An outstanding 14th-century manor house, with most of the original building still evident, and incorporating a massive 12th-century tower and...

Bodmin and Wenford Railway

The Bodmin & Wenford Railway is Cornwall's only standard guage heritage railway. It uses mainly steam locomotives and runs on 6.5 miles...

Copeland China Collection

The Copeland China Collection is located in Feock in Cornwall, the gallery displays over 2,000 pieces of bone china, stone china, parian and...

Rockbourne Roman Villa

The Rockbourne Roman Villa is situated near Fordingbridge, in a peaceful and picturesque part of Hampshire, close to the New Forest. The remains...

Montacute TV Radio Toy Museum

A nostalgic trip through the world of radio & television programmes. Like a Tardis, this fascinating museum is lined from floor to ceiling...