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Our mission is to inspire pride, foster aspirations and empower communities by showcasing the very best of Somerset

Prior Park Gardens, Bath - designed in the 18th century by the poet Alexander Pope and the landscape gardener Capabil...
17/06/2026

Prior Park Gardens, Bath - designed in the 18th century by the poet Alexander Pope and the landscape gardener Capability Brown, it is Grade I listed

Looking out across the Horner Valley 📸 Shaun Davey - Horner Woods is one of Britain’s largest ancient oak woodlands and...
16/06/2026

Looking out across the Horner Valley 📸 Shaun Davey - Horner Woods is one of Britain’s largest ancient oak woodlands and a designated National Nature Reserve on Exmoor’s Holnicote Estate.

Privileged to attend the Garter Day service in St George’s Chapel Windsor yesterday - the procession involves many inclu...
16/06/2026

Privileged to attend the Garter Day service in St George’s Chapel Windsor yesterday - the procession involves many including the Somerset Herald whose position traces its origins to 1448–1449, when it served Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset.
📸photo of Their Majesties

The light casting shadows over the Circus - Designed by the architect John Wood the Elder, the Circus was built betwee...
15/06/2026

The light casting shadows over the Circus - Designed by the architect John Wood the Elder, the Circus was built between 1754 and 1768.

A view near Frome - Somerset at its best !
13/06/2026

A view near Frome - Somerset at its best !

Beckford's Tower built for William Thomas Beckford, a wealthy art collector, to designs by Henry Goodridge was comple...
12/06/2026

Beckford's Tower built for William Thomas Beckford, a wealthy art collector, to designs by Henry Goodridge was completed in 1827 and is a Grade 1 Listed Building.

Dramatic sky over Cheddar Gorge
11/06/2026

Dramatic sky over Cheddar Gorge

The tower of St Michael's, Glastonbury Tor under a stormy sky - all that remains of the 14th century church following t...
10/06/2026

The tower of St Michael's, Glastonbury Tor under a stormy sky - all that remains of the 14th century church following the dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.

Tarr Steps through the trees and the rain 📸 Adrian Campbell - this iconic Exmoor landmark is the longest Clapper Bridge...
09/06/2026

Tarr Steps through the trees and the rain 📸 Adrian Campbell - this iconic Exmoor landmark is the longest Clapper Bridge of its kind in Britain and dates back to Tudor times.

The Empire with Bath Abbey in the distance - designed by the Bath City Architect Major Charles Edward Davis for the hot...
08/06/2026

The Empire with Bath Abbey in the distance - designed by the Bath City Architect Major Charles Edward Davis for the hotelier Alfred Holland and built in 1901, It was described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as a ‘monstrosity and an unbelievable piece of pompous architecture’ !

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