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    Home › Travel Guides›Somerset

    Somerset

    Enjoy Exmoor, with its ponies and rugged coast, try Cheddar cheese, famous ciders and more with our Practical Caravan guide to caravan holidays in Somerset

    By Practical Caravan
    Published: November 10, 2014

    Practical Caravan visits Bristol - Practical Caravan's Clare Kelly leaves the caravan on site at Bath Chew Valley and heads into Bristol to see what the city has to offer - Copyright: Practical Caravan Productions
    Practical Caravan recommends you visit Cheddar Gorge – for more ideas of places to go and things to do in Somerset read our guide to caravan holidays in Somerset
    Practical Caravan recommends you visit Cheddar Gorge – for more ideas of places to go and things to do in Somerset read our guide to caravan holidays in Somerset
    Walk through Britain's largest ancient oak woodland, the beautiful Horner Woods, and you might spot wild deer, Exmoor ponies and foxes – find out more in Practical Caravan's travel guide to Somerset
    Walk through Britain’s largest ancient oak woodland, the beautiful Horner Woods, and you might spot wild deer, Exmoor ponies and foxes – find out more in Practical Caravan’s travel guide to Somerset
    Visit Glastonbury for the music festival or to discover its legends and ruined abbey and climb the Tor for the best views of three counties during your caravan holidays in Somerset
    Visit Glastonbury for the music festival or to discover its legends and ruined abbey and climb the Tor for the best views of three counties during your caravan holidays in Somerset
    Visit Minehead and take a steam train ride at the Somerset Steam Railway – one of many great days out for families recommended by Practical Caravan
    Visit Minehead and take a steam train ride at the Somerset Steam Railway – one of many great days out for families recommended by Practical Caravan
    If you like seaside holidays, make sure you visit Porlock, with its selection of cafés and shops – it will be one of the highlights of your summer caravan holidays in Somerset
    If you like seaside holidays, make sure you visit Porlock, with its selection of cafés and shops – it will be one of the highlights of your summer caravan holidays in Somerset
    The beautifully ornate 13th century architecture of Wells Cathedral is a surprisingly grand sight in such a small town, as Practical Caravan's travel guide to Somerset reveals
    The beautifully ornate 13th century architecture of Wells Cathedral is a surprisingly grand sight in such a small town, as Practical Caravan’s travel guide to Somerset reveals
    Practical Caravan recommends you visit Cheddar Gorge – for more ideas of places to go and things to do in Somerset read our guide to caravan holidays in Somerset
    Walk through Britain's largest ancient oak woodland, the beautiful Horner Woods, and you might spot wild deer, Exmoor ponies and foxes – find out more in Practical Caravan's travel guide to Somerset
    Visit Glastonbury for the music festival or to discover its legends and ruined abbey and climb the Tor for the best views of three counties during your caravan holidays in Somerset
    Visit Minehead and take a steam train ride at the Somerset Steam Railway – one of many great days out for families recommended by Practical Caravan
    If you like seaside holidays, make sure you visit Porlock, with its selection of cafés and shops – it will be one of the highlights of your summer caravan holidays in Somerset
    The beautifully ornate 13th century architecture of Wells Cathedral is a surprisingly grand sight in such a small town, as Practical Caravan's travel guide to Somerset reveals
    For some of the UK's finest coastline, with real, rugged rocks head to the west of Minehead

    Things To Do

    Be a part of The Great Crane Project – in the sense of giant birds rather than machines – by going on a Crane Safari. Join members of the project team who are reintroducing these wetland birds to their former home. You’ll radio track the cranes across the Somerset Levels and Moors then discover the bizarre way in which the chicks are reared. The safaris run from mid-November to mid-March.

    Drop in to RNAS Yeovilton where you can visit the Fleet Air Arm Museum to discover the fascinating story of the Royal Naval Air Service. Experience life on board an aircraft carrier; discover the pioneers of early naval aviation and step inside the first British Concorde.

    Be prepared to be spooked by the Wookey Witch, or watch yourself change shape in the Magical Mirror Maze when you visit the Wookey Hole Caves and Attractions in Somerset.  See the Wookey 4D Experience – The Lost World – for an alternative way of viewing some of Britain’s largest underground caverns.

    Visit Butlins Minehead with a Day Pass to enjoy the Traditional Fairground, the indoor Splash Waterworld, sports activities and live daytime entertainment. It’s a great one for young families, particularly on wet-weather days.

    Follow in the footsteps of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The 51-mile Coleridge Way walking route takes you through some of Somerset’s most picturesque countryside, which inspired Coleridge to produce some of his best-known work. You can visit Coleridge Cottage in Nether Stowey near Bridgewater, where the poet lived, because it is now a National Trust property.

    Getting There

    Caravanners will have few problems reaching any of the areas within Somerset. 

    Drive to Somerset using either the M4 (junction 18) or the M5 (junctions 19 to 26).

    From the east, the A303 crosses through Wiltshire into Somerset, the road’s reputation as being both beautiful yet frustratingly slow at times is completely true!

    Accessing the Somerset section of Exmoor is best via the A361 and then A396 from Tiverton along the Exe Valley. Watch out on the A39 Bridgewater to Minehead/Porlock road. It’s twisty – and narrow in places – though its beauty west of Minehead, through Exmoor National Park, provides one of Somerset’s best views.

    Location

    Locations in this Region

    Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire

    Waterrow Touring Park

    Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire

    Wells Touring Park

    Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire

    Green Hill Farm Holiday Village

    Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire

    Warren Farm Holiday Centre

    Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire

    Stonehenge Campsite and Glamping Pods

    Old Oaks Touring Park
    Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire

    Old Oaks Touring Park

    Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire

    Stonehenge Touring Park

    Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire

    Plough Lane Caravan Site

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