Amanda's Guidebook
Pit stops
This is a fab place on the Quantocks for a bite to eat and a base to explore.
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The Foxy Bean at Adscombe
Adscombe LaneThis is a fab place on the Quantocks for a bite to eat and a base to explore.
Lovely local deli offering all sorts of take out goodies including their freshly baked Artisan pizzas on Thursday and Friday nights.
Gaia Garden Delicatessen
5 Honiton RdLovely local deli offering all sorts of take out goodies including their freshly baked Artisan pizzas on Thursday and Friday nights.
Gastro pubs and bars
A scrubbed tabletop and bare floorboard kind of characterful county pub in a lovely old building with a beer garden. In the village of Blagdon Hill, about a five minute drive from us. Excellent menu.
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The Lamb and Flag station
A scrubbed tabletop and bare floorboard kind of characterful county pub in a lovely old building with a beer garden. In the village of Blagdon Hill, about a five minute drive from us. Excellent menu.
Candlelight Inn
The most delicious food!
The Worlds End
Large quirky gastropub only 10 mins drive away.
In Taunton town centre, a grand building with an easygoing, rustic interior and a feel-good menu of panini, burgers and tapas.
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Cosy Club
Corporation StreetIn Taunton town centre, a grand building with an easygoing, rustic interior and a feel-good menu of panini, burgers and tapas.
White Horse Inn
Village pub with a beer garden
Places of interest
Home to the Taunton Flower Show, music and numerous concerts, Vivary Park is located close to Taunton town centre. It covers 7.5 hectares of parkland and boasts a lovely café, bowling green, mini golf, a band stand and more.
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Vivary Park
Upper High StreetHome to the Taunton Flower Show, music and numerous concerts, Vivary Park is located close to Taunton town centre. It covers 7.5 hectares of parkland and boasts a lovely café, bowling green, mini golf, a band stand and more.
The Somerset Levels and Moors is a unique flat landscape and extends for about 170,000 acres. The visitor centre offers nature trails, courses, a museum, a cafe and a willow shop. What’s not to like!
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Coates English Willow Visitor Centre
Stoke RoadThe Somerset Levels and Moors is a unique flat landscape and extends for about 170,000 acres. The visitor centre offers nature trails, courses, a museum, a cafe and a willow shop. What’s not to like!
An ancient castle and country home with dramatic vistas and subtropical gardens. The picturesque village of Dunster with its shops and cafes is within spitting distance too!
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Château de Dunster
An ancient castle and country home with dramatic vistas and subtropical gardens. The picturesque village of Dunster with its shops and cafes is within spitting distance too!
By the sea
A lovely seaside town with delightful shops, gallery’s, pubs, restaurants and their own museum. Something for everyone here - a must see for a day out if you’re in the area.
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Lyme Regis
A lovely seaside town with delightful shops, gallery’s, pubs, restaurants and their own museum. Something for everyone here - a must see for a day out if you’re in the area.
Go fossil hunting and pebble stacking on this spectacular coast.
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Kilve Beach
Go fossil hunting and pebble stacking on this spectacular coast.
A picturesque village with a pebbled beach. Lovely for a wander around and a fish and chip lunch or supper.
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Beer
A picturesque village with a pebbled beach. Lovely for a wander around and a fish and chip lunch or supper.
Museums
Somerset Cricket Museum
7 Priory AveIf you’re into cricket then a must visit!
Le Musée de Somerset
Castle GreenA slice of Somerset in a fabulous setting.
Right on the sea front a fabulous museum and shop.
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Lyme Regis Philpot Museum
Bridge StreetRight on the sea front a fabulous museum and shop.
House and Gardens
Lose yourself in fifty acres of lakes, temples, cascades, tranquil woodland walks, formal terraces, vivid colours and views that take your breath away. Plus a cafe and restaurant to boot.
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Hestercombe Gardens
Lose yourself in fifty acres of lakes, temples, cascades, tranquil woodland walks, formal terraces, vivid colours and views that take your breath away. Plus a cafe and restaurant to boot.
Things to do
Heritage steam railway operating between Minehead and Bishop's Lydeard, near Taunton. Longest independent railway in Britain, (20 miles).
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West Somerset Railway plc
Heritage steam railway operating between Minehead and Bishop's Lydeard, near Taunton. Longest independent railway in Britain, (20 miles).