Head to the museum website to find out what is coming up soon. Standing in its own extensive lawns, which extend to the Promenade, the Royal enjoys beautiful sea views, and is also in close proximity to our Town Centre and accessible by public transport. Stunning views of Glastonbury Tor and the Somerset Levels await you at this gorgeous campsite, perched on the south side of the Mendip Hills. Myrtle Farm is the perfect base for exploring the surrounding countryside and woodland, local tourist attractions and the historic city of Wells, just two miles away.
The Portishead Summer Show formerly Portishead Flower Show is a two day family show that combines a traditional flower show with activities that promote local country life, nature and the environment. Accepted into the exclusive good florist guide, equivalent to a Michelin star in the floristry world!! Flowers for everyone and every occasionQ. Porlock is a place for everyone and all seasons. Porlock is a special and unique village. It has retained much of its medieval charm including the 13th Century church of St Dubricius with its famous truncated spire and many attractive and historic buildings.
Cliff-top walks, independent shopping and traditional holiday favourites have made Clevedon famous for decades as a serene seaside escape. We're proud that the below businesses share our vision for the county and sponsor our organisation.
Experiences Search Accommodation Search. Category Selector Choose In the winter months, you can expect spells of rain, with snow sometimes making an appearance. For up to date information for the weather in Somerset, check the Met Office website. Somerset is easily accessible, linked by a motorway, multiple train lines and nearby Bristol Airport. The M5 provides good access to the county for those travelling by car, with the A, A37, A38 and A39 offering links also.
You will find both national and international flights fly from and to Bristol Airport, which is also easily accessible.
Agriculture continues to be a major form of income for Somerset, with sheep farming for wool and cattle farming for dairy products still prominent throughout the county.
Cultivation of willow is also a more unusual product that brings in money for the county due to a demand for materials for basket weaving. Tourism is also an essential industry to Somerset, with seaside resorts such as Minehead and Weston-super-Mare drawing holidaymakers to the area. Somerset has many associations with music, literature and art. Whether that comes in the form of Glastonbury Festival and the well-loved Wurzels, landscapes inspiring famous authors and poets or cave art dating as far back as BC, the county has plenty to boast.
Somerset is home to a staggering 11, listed buildings and scheduled monuments, and a further 36 English Heritage Sites and 19 National Trust sites. The county is most famous for its cheeses and ciders, even catering for lovers of both with its Somerset Cheese, Cider and Moozic Festival. You may be familiar with some towns in Somerset due to the dairy products that are produced in them. Cheddar is a prime example of this, with Ilchester Cheese, Cathedral City Cheese and Yeo Valley all companies that are located in the county.
Bristol Rugby Football Club plays in the second tier of the English rugby leagues narrowly missing out on promotion in recent years. Big crowds are drawn to Taunton each summer for Twenty20 cricket with Somerset County Cricket Club developing a reputation for being successful at this form of the game. They have also become known as the nearly men finishing as runners-up in all major domestic trophies in Glastonbury Festival is the Big One.
Somerset is home to a staggering 11, listed buildings and scheduled monuments, and a further 36 English Heritage Sites and 19 National Trust sites. So much is surprisingly easy to get to. Somerset enjoys a good road, rail and air travel network.
To find out more, head to Visit Somerset. There are state primary schools, and 44 state secondary schools in Somerset. Figures from April Somerset also has four FE colleges and plans to create a university centre.
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