Around Bath & Bristol

Wildflowers are scattered through the Prior Park pasture

Magnificent houses, peaceful gardens, wooded trails and little-known treasures.

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Around Bristol and Bath there is lots to explore in the spring. You will find historic houses and their gardens, countryside and woodland walks to allow you to get close to nature and escape in the outdoors.

The East Terrace of Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire

Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

Country house with monastic roots, once home to William Henry Fox Talbot

Tyntesfield

Spectacular Victorian Gothic Revival house with gardens and parkland.

Dyrham Park

An historic herd of fallow deer roams freely in the ancient parkland, full of magnificent trees and breathtaking views. Nestled in the valley you will find a 17th-century house and garden.

Prior Park Landscape Garden

Beautiful and intimate 18th-century landscape garden in Bath.

Avebury

Ancient stone circle, museum and manor house in the heart of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.

Ranger doing a beach clean at Woolacombe — Our rangers care for beaches like Woolacombe all year round

Keeping our coastline clean

Beach cleans are big part of our work to maintain the coast, and we're always looking for help.

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Springtime in the gardens of Lanhydrock, Cornwall

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Discover somewhere to visit using our search. In the South West you're never far from somewhere to explore.

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Inspired by World Book Day

A young girl picks up a second hand book to read

Five second-hand bookshops to visit in the South West

To celebrate all things books for World Book Day, we’re shining a light on some of our favourite second-hand bookshops you’ll find tucked away at South West places.

A view of the coastline from the summit of Golden Cap, Dorset, at dawn

The power of books and the English landscape

Archaeologist Martin Papworth reflects on the beauty of the English countryside as portrayed in literature.

The hidden stories of Trelissick's bookshop

Some books hold stories, and some books tell them. The books of Trelissick’s second hand bookshop do both.

Children on low ropes course on Brownsea Island

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Places in the South West host everything from guided house tours and ranger days to walks and runs.

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Avebury

Stonehenge and Avebury walking challenge

Sun 20 May 2018

+ 224 other dates

01:00-23:59

An opportunity to walk in the footsteps of our ancestors in this iconic landscape, rich in archaeology, wildlife and plants. You can enjoy these wide open spaces by challenging yourself to complete all eight walks - once done you'll have walked 50km.

Avebury

Wiltshire Landscape walking challenge

Sun 20 May 2018

+ 178 other dates

01:00-23:59

This is an opportunity to discover more of Wiltshire's iconic landscape, rich in archaeology, wildlife and plants. You can enjoy beautiful open spaces and challenge yourself to complete all twelve walks at our landscape sites.

Tyntesfield

The strange affair: Hannah More's poetic landscape

Sun 20 May 2018

+ 183 other dates

10:00-18:00

A new woodland poetry trail rediscovering the romantic landscape of Bristol poet and bluestocking writer, Hannah More.

Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

The foundation story of Lacock Abbey

Sun 20 May 2018

+ 48 other dates

10:30-17:00

Part of the Women and Power national programming theme, Lacock will be exploring the legacy of Ela the founder of Lacock. Through physical installations and sound, travel back to the 1300s and find out about the abbey's missing church.

Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

'Tribe' a photography exhibition

Sun 20 May 2018

10:30-17:00

Tribe is a collaborative exhibition of photography by mid-career professional artists. Their work is a narrative, addressing issues of family, history, love and loss. The artists are a group of women from all over the US.

Avebury

Spring garden trail

Sun 20 May 2018

+ 6 other dates

11:00-17:00

Have you begun to see the first signs of spring as nature wakes up? We'll be celebrating this time of the year at Avebury with a special spring trail in the garden.