West Country Travel Guides

Plymouth Port

The Port of Plymouth is located at the mouth of the River Tamar. In addition to the modern passenger terminal the port is the home to many of the...

Dartmoor drive - Yelverton to Exeter

Dartmoor National Park is situated in Devon, Southwest England. The 32.5 mile drive from Yelverton to Exeter, through the national park consists...

Flights

To fly to Somerset the nearest airport is at Bristol, approximately 31 miles, 40 mins from Taunton via the A38, M5, A358 &and A38....

Antony Woodland Gardens

Antony Woodland Gardens offers 100 acres of sprawling woodland garden and natural woodland walk bordering the Lynher estuary.

The gardens...

Broadleas Gardens Charitable Trust Ltd

Transport to EXE

Exeter airport is off the A30 just five miles east of the city centre. From Exeter centre take the B3183 to the M5 Junction 29 onto the A30 east...

Stourhead

The 18th century Palladian mansion and gardens at Stourhead are well worth a visit for anyone who appreciates beautiful English country parks....

Great Chalfield Manor

Completed in 1480, the manor house is enhanced by a moat and gatehouse and has beautiful oriel windows and a great hall. The house and garden were...

Philipps House & Dinton Park (National Trust)

Designed by Jeffry Wyatville for William Wyndham, the house was completed in 1820. The principal rooms on the ground floor are open to visitors...

Potager Garden

Eric Young Orchid Foundation

The Eric Young Orchid Foundation houses one of the world's finest orchid collections, amid a purpose built nursery and exhibition complex...

Driving

The South Devon & Dartmoor region has excellent road links to all of the UK.

The M5 can be reached from Exeter and is the closest...

Watersmeet House (National Trust)

Built c.1832 in a valley at the confluence of the East Lyn and Hoar Oak Water, the house now serves as a NT shop, with refreshments and...

Westwood Manor (National Trust)

The house was altered in the early 17th century and has late Gothic and Jacobean windows and fine plasterwork. There is a modern topiary...

Ferries

Poole Port in Dorset is the closest port to the region, approximately 66 miles, 1 hour 30 mins drive, from Taunton via A roads.

At the...

Crooklets Beach

Crooklets Beach is the surfer's paradise in Cornwall; you'll be spoilt for choice when it comes to rideable waves.

The beach...

Trains

The mainline from Bristol to Penzance runs through the region, with stations at both Bridgwater and Taunton.

First Great Western FGW is...

Long Cross Victorian Garden

Long Cross Victorian Garden are the only public gardens on the North Cornish coast, and the subject of a television feature because of their...

Transport Travel Guide

To fly to east Cornwall the airports at Newquay and Plymouth lie only 16 and 32 miles respectively from Bodmin. Both offer several flights a day...

Tarka Garden Tours

Tarka Garden Tours specialise in small group garden tours travelling along the north coast of Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall.

The groups...