The Bakelite Museum in Williton is tucked away in a historic watermill and is home to the largest collection of vintage plastics in Britain. You’ll...

St Decuman’s Church, which is mainly Perpendicular, was built up from the original 13th Century structure. A niche in the battlemented tower contains a figure...

St Decuman’s Holy Well is situated down the lane from the parish church in Watchet. A little way from the town centre, the well was...

The Jubilee Geological Wall was built by volunteers from a local centre which caters for adults with learning disabilities, under the guidance of Dr Eric...

There has been a port at Watchet for over a thousand years and the harbour was still used by commercial boats until 2000. It has...

Watchet Boat Museum focuses on the town’s maritime history and is housed in what used to be a West Somerset Railway goods shed. On display...

Washford Mill is home to a collection of shops selling Somerset crafts and local produce, set in the original mill building. The restored water mill...

The museum at Watchet is situated on the ground floor of the old Market House – the top floor being the Holy Cross Chapel, a...

Washford Station Museum can be found between Watchet and Blue Anchor on the line’s second highest summit. The station building was built in 1874 and...

A trust was established in order to preserve and protect the long and illustrious history of the railways in this region. It established a...

Cleeve Abbey in Washford, founded between 1186 and 1191 by William de Roumare, grandson of the Earl of Lincoln, was once inhabited by monks of...

Torre Cider Farm offers a tour around the site to watch the traditional way cider is made, including a walk through the apple orchard and...

An extremely rare find in All Saints Church in Monksilver is an Easter sepulchre. Resembling a tomb is no doubt how it came to be...

Combe Sydenham Country Park has connections with Sir Francis Drake; his second wife, Elizabeth, was the daughter and heiress of Sir George Sydenham who owed...

Built in 1856, St Etheldreda’s Church in West Quantoxhead replaced an earlier, medieval one. The architect, John Norton, chose the late 13th Century Geometric style...

Restored in the 1800s, the church of St George in the village of Bicknoller sits in a peaceful setting. The oldest parts of the building...

St Mary’s in the village of Stogumber is around 600 years old with a tower built in the 14th Century. The 18th Century chandelier was...

Dunster Castle is situated atop a hill, overlooking the village. The approach is up a steep wooded walk to the 15th Century gatehouse. Beyond this...

Dunster Castle stables were constructed in the mid 17th Century and are a listed grade II building. Exmoor markets are now held at the stables,...

Dunster Water Mill, which lies alongside the River Avill, was built in 1680. There was a water mill here at the time of the Domesday...