West Country Museums, Heritage

Bristol's Georgian House Museum

This historic Georgian townhouse can be found just off bustling Park Street, near the Cabot Tower, and provides a fascinating insight into the day...

Samares Manor & Gardens

Samares Manor & Gardens is a great attraction for all the family. Inside the grounds you can visit the herb garden, craft center...

Pleinmont Tower

Pleinmont Tower is an imposing, five story observation tower, which was built by the Germans in 1942, as part of a network of similar towers. The...

St Mawes Castle

St Mawes Castle in Cornwall is the best preserved and most elaborately decorated of Henry VIII's coastal fortresses, St Mawes was built to...

Saltram

Saltram stands high above the River Plym in a rolling and wooded landscaped park that now provides precious green space on the outskirts of...

Elizabeth Castle

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Elizabeth castle is actually built on two small islands, which were joined together in the 1660s. The castle is surrounded by the sea for seven...

Clapton Mill

Set in picturesque South Somerset, Clapton Mill is a unique piece of Britain's industrial heritage.

Corn milling has taken place on...

Penrose Estate: Gunwalloe and Loe Pool

At the heart of the Penrose Estate lies Loe Pool, a freshwater lake which meets the sea at the dramatic shingle bank of Loe Bar. ...

The Medieval Hall

This medieval Hall was built in the mid 13th century, at the same time as Salisbury Cathedral. The Hall's minstrels' gallery, with its...

Bristol's Kings Weston Roman Villa

Kings Weston Villa near Bristol was discovered during the construction of Lawrence Weston housing estate and named after the house on whose land...

The Alderney Society Museum

The Alderney Society Museum mainly houses a collection of objects relating to a small community, which has survived from subsistence agriculture...

Antony

The house, containing collections of paintings, furniture and textiles, and home of the Carew family for almost 600 years, is faced in...

Prideaux Place

Prideaux Place was the home of the Prideaux family for 400 years, going back to the time Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne. It is a magnificent...

Breamore House and Museum

This magnificent manor house is located above the picturesque village of Breamore, on the edge of the New Forest.

The manor house was...

Loughwood Meeting House (National Trust)

Around 1653 the Baptist congregation of the nearby village of Kilmington constructed this simple building dug into the hillside. They attended...

Glastonbury Abbey

For centuries travellers and pilgrims have visited Glastonbury Abbey on this sacred site, situated in the heart of the beautiful county of...

Lanhydrock House

One of the most fascinating late 19th-century houses in England, full of period atmosphere and the trappings of a high Victorian country house....

Newark Park

This unusual and atmospheric property was built c.1550 as a hunting lodge and added to in the 1790s. It stands high on the edge of a 40ft cliff...

Jersey Museum

The award-winning Jersey museum is an ideal way to start your holiday in Jersey. The history, traditions and culture of the island come alive, in...

City Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol's major museum and art gallery houses an outstanding and diverse range of objects, from sea dinosaurs to magnificent art. A visit to...