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Things to do in Somerset

We have provided a list of things to do that includes suggestions for day trips, short weekend breaks, activities for kids, places to see and places to visit in Somerset.

If you are thinking of visiting Somerset or are considering holidays in the UK, you can find the best tourist attractions, what to do and where, and browse for places to visit or things to do, that your family, friends and children will enjoy, when visiting places such as Bath, Glastonbury with it's festival, Cheddar for the Gorge and Cave, Minehead, Yeovil and National Parks such as Dartmoor and areas of outstanding beauty such as the Mendip hills.

Hopefully our information will help tourists and visitors plan cheap breaks, sightseeing tours, day trips and create a list of the best attractions so that you enjoy lots of fun filled activities during your short break or holiday in Somerset.

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Cheddar Gorge cave
Cheddar Cave
Bath
Pulteney Bridge - Bath

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Animal Attractions


Bristol Zoo Gardens - Bristol

Horse World - Whitchurch
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm - Wraxall
Animal Farm Adventure Park - Berrow
The Wildlife Park at Cricket St Thomas - Chard
Ferne Animal Sanctuary - Chard
Seaquarium - Weston-super-Mare

Tropiquaria Animal & Adventureland - Watchet

Exmoor Falconry & Animal Park - Porlock
Court Farm Country Park - Weston-super-Mare
Alstone Wildlife Park - High Bridge
Norwood Farm - Bath
Apex Leisure & Wildlife Park - Burnham-on-Sea
Willows & Wetlands visitor centre - Taunton
Theatre

Octagon Theatre - Yeovil
The Playhouse - Weston-super-mare
Bridgwater Arts Centre
The Brewhouse - Taunton
Memorial Theatre - West Frome
Tobacco Factory Theatre - Bristol
St Georges Theatre - Bristol
Wickham Theatre - Bristol
Arnolfini - Bristol
Museums & Exhibitions

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery - Bristol
The Jane Austen Centre - Bath
Barrington Court - Barrington
Radstock Museum - Radstock

Haynes Motor Museum - Sparkford

Somerset County Museum - Taunton
The Helicopter Museum - Weston-super-Mare
Fleet Air Arm Museum - Yeovil
@Bristol - Bristol
American Museum in Britain - Bath
Time Machine museum - Weston-super-Mare
Bishop's Lydeard Mill

Theme Parks / Adventure Playgrounds

Brean Leisure Park - Brean sands

Woodlands Park - Dartmouth

Boat & Train trips

West Somerset Railway - Minehead
East Somerset Railway - Shepton Mallet
Scenic steam railway
Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust

Waverley & Balmoral Pleasure Steamers
Bath Narrowboats
Pulteney Cruisers - Bath
Avon Valley Railway - Keynsham

Sports & Leisure

Golf in Somerset
Cycling in Somerset
Bristol Ice Rink - Bristol
Bath Balloon Flights - Bath
West Somerset Sports & Leisure Centre - Minehead
Bowlplex - Yeovil
Avon Ski & Action Centre - Churchill
Cedar Falls Health Farm - Bishop's Lydeard
Middlemoor Waterpark - Woolavington
Cannington Park Pursuits (paintball) - Cannington
Swimming / Fun Pools

Greenbank heated outdoor pool - Street
Shepton Mallet Lido
Cresta Leisure Centre - Chard
Crewkerne Aqua Centre - Crewkerne

Historic Sites / Monuments

Roman Baths & Pump Rooms - Bath
Dunster Castle - Dunster
Farleigh Hungerford Castle - Farleigh Hungerford
Glastonbury Abbey - Glastonbury
Forde Abbey - Chard
Wells Cathedral
The Royal Crescent - Bath
Bath Abbey
Bristol Cathedral

Parks / Gardens / Nature

Oldown Country Park - Tockington
Exmoor National Park
Prior Park Landscape Garden - Bath
Avon Valley Country Park - Keynsham
Guided Tours / Walks

Wookey Hole Caves & Papermill - Wells
Cheddar Gorge & Caves
Towns / Villages / Special Places


Clifton Suspension Bridge - Clifton nr Bristol


Brean Leisure Park - Brean sands

Cheddar Gorge & Caves

Roman Baths & Pump Rooms - Bath

Exmoor National Park