Amanda's Guidebook

Amanda
Amanda's Guidebook

Pit stops

This is a fab place on the Quantocks for a bite to eat and a base to explore.
14 locals recommend
The Foxy Bean at Adscombe
Adscombe Lane
14 locals recommend
This 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 Rd
Lovely 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.
7 locals recommend
The Lamb and Flag station
7 locals recommend
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.
The most delicious food!
38 locals recommend
Candlelight Inn
38 locals recommend
The most delicious food!
Large quirky gastropub only 10 mins drive away.
12 locals recommend
The Worlds End
12 locals recommend
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.
37 locals recommend
Cosy Club
Corporation Street
37 locals recommend
In Taunton town centre, a grand building with an easygoing, rustic interior and a feel-good menu of panini, burgers and tapas.
Village pub with a beer garden
16 locals recommend
White Horse Inn
16 locals recommend
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.
27 locals recommend
Vivary Park
Upper High Street
27 locals recommend
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.
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!
30 locals recommend
Coates English Willow Visitor Centre
Stoke Road
30 locals recommend
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!
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!
161 locals recommend
Dunster Castle
161 locals recommend
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.
326 locals recommend
Lyme Regis
326 locals recommend
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.
54 locals recommend
Kilve Beach
54 locals recommend
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.
93 locals recommend
Beer
93 locals recommend
A picturesque village with a pebbled beach. Lovely for a wander around and a fish and chip lunch or supper.

Museums

If you’re into cricket then a must visit!
9 locals recommend
Somerset Cricket Museum
7 Priory Ave
9 locals recommend
If you’re into cricket then a must visit!
A slice of Somerset in a fabulous setting.
69 locals recommend
The Museum of Somerset
Castle Green
69 locals recommend
A slice of Somerset in a fabulous setting.
Right on the sea front a fabulous museum and shop.
40 locals recommend
Lyme Regis Philpot Museum
Bridge Street
40 locals recommend
Right 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.
87 locals recommend
Hestercombe Gardens
87 locals recommend
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).
14 locals recommend
West Somerset Railway plc
14 locals recommend
Heritage steam railway operating between Minehead and Bishop's Lydeard, near Taunton. Longest independent railway in Britain, (20 miles).