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Chapmans Close, Frome, Mendip, Somerset
BA11 2SH Mendip District
Days out for all the family
Are there any fun places to visit? The following attractions are within 10 miles of BA11 2SH:
Homewood Park
Abbey Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Avon, BA27TB
Set in 10 acres of mature parklands and award-winning gardens with gorgeous views over of the beautiful Limpley Stoke valley, Homewood Park is delightfully rural and peaceful. Step inside and you'll find the house still retains many of its original features, including exposed wooden floors, antique paintings and roaring log fires, all artfully combined with stylish modern furnishings, fabrics and finishes.
Sea Life Centre
Marine Parade, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon, BS231BE
Sea Life Centre - Amusement Park in Weston-Super-Mare, Avon. Contact venue on telephone number 01934613361 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractions/rides available at this park.
American Museum
Claverton Manor, Bath, BA27BD
These are a subtle blend of both the remnants of the old manorial pleasure grounds and parkland landscape. Much dates from the 1820s containing period features such as the grotto, the balustrade and curtain walling as well as ornamental stone work.
Georgian House
7 Great George Street, Off Park St, Bristol, BS15RR
This historic Georgian townhouse can be found just off bustling Park Street, near the Cabot Tower, and provides a fascinating insight into the day to day existence of master and servant!The Georgian House is an exquisite example of Bristol's 18th century heritage, illustrating how the city profited from being one of England's premier trading ports. It featured in the BBC TV production of A Respectable Trade, Philippa Gregory's novel about slavery in the 1790s.
Nunney Castle
Nunney, BA114LW
Nunney Castle is a castle in Nunney, Somerset, England.Nunney Castle Nunney Castle showing collapsed wall Nunney Castle showing above the trees and villageIt is a small, French-style castle surrounded by a deep moat, built for Sir John Delamare in 1373.
Farleigh Hungerford Castle
, Farleigh Hungerford, BA27RS
Farleigh Hungerford was begun in the 1370s by Sir Thomas Hungerford, Speaker of the Commons, and extended in the 15th century by his son Walter, Lord Hungerford, Agincourt veteran and distinguished medieval statesman. The remains of their fortress, built in the most up-to-date and fashionable quadrangular style of the time, include two tall corner towers, along with a walled outer court incorporating a complete castle chapel and attendant priest's house.
Radstock Museum
Waterloo Road, Radstock, Bristol, BA33EP
Run by a team of dedicated volunteers who have searched history books, archives and memories of local people, the Museum has been described as the jewel in the West Country's crown.Radstock Museum celebrates the lifestyle of the typical Somerset coalminer.
Prior Park Landscape Garden
Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, BA25AH
Created in the 18th century by local entrepreneur Ralph Allen, with advice from 'Capability' Brown and the poet Alexander Pope, the garden is set in a sweeping valley with magnificent views of the city of Bath. There are many interesting features, including the majestic Palladian bridge, one of only four in the world.
Stourhead Garden and House
Estate Office, Stourhead House, Stourhead, Wiltshire, BA126QD
An outstanding example of the English landscape style, this splendid garden was designed by Henry Hoare II and laid out between 1741 and 1780. Built in the 1720s the mansion was home to the Hoare family, owners of Britain's only independent private bank surviving to the present.
Thermae Bath Spa
The Hetling Pump Room, Hot Bath Street, Bath, BA11SJ
Welcome to Thermae Bath Spa where past, present and future join for a special spa experience. Now in the World Heritage city of Bath you can enjoy Britain's only natural thermal waters as the Celts and Romans did over 2000 years ago.
Explore the oldest house in Bath
4 North Parade Passage, BA11NX
Described as 'delicious' by The Daily Telegraph and as 'the perfect restorative' in The Sunday Times; the oldest house in Bath (c.1482) is also an award-winning air-conditioned eatery right in the centre of the oldest part of central Bath.
Bath Abbey
Bath Town Centre, BA11LT
Bath Abbey is a parish church which was once the great church of a monastery. A cathedral is the principal church of a diocese, the area of a bishop's authority.
Bath Postal Museum
8 Broad Street, Bath, BA15LJ
The Bath Postal museum introduces you to the history of written communication from clay mail to e-mail, and we have certain very special objects that will be of interest. Did you know the world's first postage stamp, The Penny Black, was sent from the building the museum now occupies!The museum holds many rare and important artefacts.
Jane Austen Centre
40 Gay Street, Queen Square, Bath, Avon, BA12NT
The exhibition at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath has been created with the guidance of local members of the Jane Austen Society and authorities on Jane Austen. It aims to be not only informative but exciting and illuminating.
Holburne Museum of Art
Greate Pulteney Street, Bath, BA24DB
This jewel in Bath's crown was once the Georgian Sydney Hotel, whose glittering society Jane Austen watched from her house opposite. It displays the treasures collected by Sir William Holburne: superb English and continental silver, porcelain, maiolica, glass and Renaissance bronzes.
Beckfords Tower
Lansdown Road, Bath, BA12EE
Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England.Standing 120 feet (37 m) high, the tower was completed in 1827 for local resident William Beckford to a design by Henry Goodridge.
Museum of Costume
Bennett Street, Bath, BA12QH
One of the world's finest collections of fashionable dress and accessories. Explore our extensive collections of fashionable dress and accessories.
The Building of Bath Museum
Countess of Huntingdons Chapel, Vineyards, The Paragon, Bath, BA15NA
The Building of Bath Museum is a 'must see'. If you love Bath and its architecture then this museum explains how and why this magnificent city was built, decorated and lived in.
No 1 Royal Crescent
1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA12LR
The Royal Crescent was built to the designs of John Wood the Younger between 1767 and 1774. It is justly considered one of the finest achievements of urban 18th century architecture and represents the highest point of palladian architecture in Bath.
Museum of Bath at Work
Julian Road, Bath, BA12RH
'A Not to be Missed Attraction in the World Heritage City of Bath'. The exhibition tells the commercial story of the city of Bath since Roman times.
Hadspen House and Nursery
Hadspen House, Castle Cary, BA77NG
The garden and nursery are closed for the whole of 2006. They will reopen 10am - 5pm Thursday to Sunday and bank holiday Mondays from March 1st to September 30th, 2007.
Avon Valley Adventure And Wildlife Park
Pixash Lane, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Avon, BS311TP
Welcome to Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park, where the combination of nature, attractions and stunning scenery ensures that the hours of fun are endless at one of the West's most popular family destinations.The park fuses fun and education to provide an appreciation of the natural world.
The Bishops Palace
Henderson Rooms, Wells, BA52PD
More than simply an historic house and garden, this splendid medieval Palace has been the home of the Bishops of Bath and Wells for 800 years. There are 14 acres of gardens including the springs from which the city takes its name.
Wells and Mendip Museum
8 Cathedral Green, BA5 2UE
The Balch Room houses a unique collection of artefacts, the bulk of which were collected on and around Mendip. The collection includes the skull of a brown bear discovered at Wookey Hole, a large number of stone-age tools, and an impressive collection of Iron Age artefacts discovered by Balch during his many years of excavation at Wookey Hole caves.
Avon Valley Railway
Bitton Station, Bath Road, Bitton, Bristol, Avon, BS306HD
The Avon Valley Railway is more than just a train ride, offering a whole new experience for some or a nostalgic memory for others. It's a real treat for the whole family! Steam trains are running each Sunday in October, with a diesel service on Saturday 17th October.
Lackham Country Park
Wiltshire College, Lackham, Lacock, Wiltshire, SN152NY
Nestling within the picturesque grounds of the Lackham Countryside is the Rural Life Museum. This interesting collection of machinery and artifacts of a bygone rural life are situated in a thatched barn and granary buildings.
Haynes Motor Museum
A359 towards Castle Cary, Sparkford, BA227LH
Travel through motoring history at Britain's most spectacular international collection of historic cars from around the world. You've loved them, you've loathed them, or you've lusted after them - now they're all under one roof.
Dyrham Park
Dyrham, SN148ER
Spectacular late 17th-century mansion, garden and deer park.Dyrham Park is a beautiful baroque country house set in 110 hectares (274 acres) of garden and parkland, designed by Talman for William Blathwayt, Secretary at War during the reign of William III.
Old Wardour Castle
Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP36RR
One of England's most romantic castles, in a secluded lakeside setting Built in the late 14th century for John, fifth Lord Lovel, this unusual six-sided castle was unique in medieval English architecture. An audio tour brings the long history of this fascinating castle to life.
Shaftesbury Abbey Museum and Garden
Park Walk, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP78JR
Shaftesbury Abbey Museum and Garden is set on the site of Saxons England's foremost Benedictine nunnery founded by King Alfred in 888ADThis Abbey was to act as the catalyst for the prosperity of the town and surrounding area for over 650 years. The excavated foundations of this once important and influential Abbey lie in a peaceful walled garden - a lasting reminder of the Abbey's eventful past.
