A B C D E F G H Things to See and Do in South West England TEWKESBURY 5 65 5 CORNWALL WILTSHIRE NEWENT 62 1 Eden Project 41 Stonehenge CHELTENHAM (c2) (g3) 63 2 St Michael’s Mount (b1) 42 Salisbury Cathedral & Magna Carta (g3) GLOUCESTER 3 Tintagel Castle (c2) 43 Longleat (f3) 70 Cotswolds 4 Tate St Ives (a1) 44 Avebury (g4) 67 Welcome to 52 COLEFORD m5 5 45 66 Minack Theatre (a1) Stourhead (f3) 58 61 57 68 LYDNEY STROUD 6 Land’s End (a1) 46 Lacock (f4) South West ST MARTIN’S 69 CIRENCESTER 56 7 National Maritime Museum (b1) 47 Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs (g3) 51 Fore st of Dean 8 Lost Gardens of Heligan 48 Bowood House & Gardens TRESCO (b1) (g4) BRYHER Gloucesters hire 9 Lanhydrock (c2) 49 Old Wardour Castle (g3) 10 Geevor Tin Mine (a2) 50 Wilton House (g3) England 64 53 55 DEVON ISLES OF SCILLY 60 ST MARY’S 11 Dartmoor National Park (d2) 51 Tresco Abbey Garden (b5) Clifton Suspension Bridge spanning ST AGNES The South West of 12 Greenway House 52 The Best Beaches the Avon Gorge in Bristol. Follow 54 (d2) (b5) 59 England is renowned in the footsteps of the Romans at m4 13 Powderham Castle (e2) 53 Island Hopping (b4) 4 4 14 Exeter Cathedral 54 Wildlife Watching for its picturesque the UNESCO World Heritage City of CASTLE COMBE (d2) (a4) Bath’s Roman Baths, and relax in the 15 Plymouth Gin Distillery 55 Isles of Scilly Museum market towns and ill y (d2) (b4) Thermae Bath Spa. c of S 30 BRISTOL 16 Kents Cavern (d2) 56 Fresh Seafood and Local Produce (a5) villages, stunning s 48 MARLBOROUGH 17 57 Wiltshire Mayflower Museum Adrenalin and Adventure e (b5) l (d2) s 46 44 Dig for fossils along Dorset’s Jurassic I coastline and bustling Coast, experience the wild skies of 18 Jurassic Coast (e2) 58 Rambling and Exploring (b5) Devon’s Dartmoor National Park and 19 Clovelly Village (c3) 59 Local Arts and Crafts (b4) cultural cities. indulge in a Devonshire Cream Tea. BATH BRADFORD ON AVON 20 South Devon Railway (d2) 60 Hugh Town (b4) Experience the myths and legends Ramble through honey-coloured of Somerset, enjoying regional cider 21 villages in The Cotswolds, bike ride ILFRACOMBE and cheddar cheese. Surf the rugged 24 SOMERSET GLOUCESTERSHIRE through the Forest of Dean and take Cornish coastline, explore the giant WELLS a step back through history at the biomes of the Eden Project, island-hop LUNDY ISLAND 29 21 Cheddar Gorge (f4) Cotswolds World Heritage Site of Stonehenge the Isles of Scilly, devour a traditional MINEHEAD 23 41 22 West Somerset Railway 61 Arlington Row 25 22 GLASTONBURY 43 (e3) (g5) and Avebury in Wiltshire. Visit Brunel’s Cornish pasty and dine at some of the Exmoor BRIDGWATER WARMINSTER 23 Glastonbury Abbey (f3) 62 Bourton-on-the-Water (g5) ss Great Britain and his 150-year-old finest seafood restaurants in Britain! BARNSTAPLE 24 Wookey Hole 63 Gloucester Cathedral 28 (f3) (f5) 45 25 Exmoor National Park (d3) 64 Westonbirt, The National Arboretum (f4) A361 26 Blackdown Hills (e3) 65 Cheltenham Racecourse (g5) TAUNTON A303 49 50 42 3 Somers et 3 27 Montacute House 19 47 SALISBURY (f3) Forest of Dean 28 Hestercombe Gardens (e3) 34 66 Puzzlewood (f5) 29 Kilver Court (f3) 67 Sculpture Trail m5 27 (f5) 30 Tyntesfield House & Gardens (f4) The South West 37 68 Clearwell Caves (f5) 69 Dean Forest Railway (f5) 26 SHERBORNE Coast Path DORSET 70 Dean Heritage Centre (f5) 31 Jurassic Coast (f2) Dors et 35 32 Charmouth (e2) UNESCO World finest walking routes in Britain, it is 33 Corfe Castle & Swanage Railway (g2) Heritage sites the longest and most popular walk in Devon 14 34 Gold Hill (f3) POOLE A39 32 the country and is considered among BOURNEMOUTH 35 18 A35 40 Kingston Lacy (g2) Stonehenge, Avebury the World’s Great Hikes. With two 39 • 3 EXETER 36 36 Thomas Hardy’s Cottage World Heritage Sites, five Areas of WAREHAM (f2) • City of Bath Outstanding Natural Beauty and one 31 37 Sherborne Castle (f3) 13 • Cornwall & West Devon National Park, it’s a journey along one 33 38 Durlston Country Park (g2) Mining Landscapes A30 39 Tank Museum & Monkey World of the most diverse coastal landscapes PADSTOW A38 EXMOUTH 38 (f2) Dorset & East Devon Coast 2 2 • in the world where no two days walking Dartmoor WEYMOUTH 40 Poole Harbour (g2) it are ever the same. Whether you’re looking for an 11 afternoon stroll to take you to a 9 16 Come to the beach NEWQUAY 20 beautiful view, or for a challenge like no ENGLISH RIVIERA other in hiking the entire trail over 30 Bath & North East Somerset anywhere in the South 15 days, plan your Coast Path adventure 1 BRISTOL 17 Key BATH West of England, turn at southwestcoastpath.org.uk 12 Location • Bristol’s Historic Harbourside • UNESCO Roman Baths left or right and you’ll PLYMOUTH Thermae Bath Spa FOWEY DARTMOUTH • Clifton Suspension Bridge and • be on the South West 8 Visitor Centre • Bath Abbey Tower Tour Cornwall TRURO Road • Brunel’s ss Great Britain • The Jane Austen Centre Banksy and Street Art Skyline Walk Coast Path and on the ST IVES • • Railway • Clifton Village edge of an amazing 4 Town/City Attraction SALCOMBE Dorset Devon experience. 10 7 1 Attraction BOURNEMOUTH PLYMOUTH FALMOUTH The South West Coast Path was 2 Airport 1 1 Bournemouth Beach originally a means for the coastguard 6 • • Mayflower Steps and Rock Reef Zip Wire Museum to track and pursue smugglers and South West Coast Path • 5 start and finish points Coastal Activity Park • Plymouth Gin continues to provide access to 630 LONDON • • Russell-Cotes Art • National Marine Aquarium miles of stunning coastal scenery from UNESCO World Gallery and Museum Smeaton’s Tower Lighthouse Heritage Site • Minehead to Poole. As a designated • Bournemouth Oceanarium • Royal William Yard National Trail, which represent the southwestcoastpath.org.uk A B C D E F G H Turn over for more on South West England’s amazing attractions! For more information visit us online at: SWENGLAND.COM /southwestengland @visitsouthwest /lovegreatbritain /lovegreatbritain Map 10 -English .indd 1 18/03/2016 13:19 SWENGLAND.COM COUNTIES TOWNS AND CITIES Cornwall Somerset Wiltshire Gloucestershire Bristol Cotswolds Forest of Dean Bristol’s Historic Banksy and Street Art 6 Land’s End 25 Exmoor 46 Lacock 61 Arlington Row Discover the canvas that is the walls of Banksy’s Harbourside home city with a guided tour with the artists Land’s End National Park Nr Chippenham Bibury Once the second busiest port in the world, Land’s End is one of Britain’s best loved themselves before trying it out in your own Exmoor Step into the historic charm of Lacock and The epitome of Cotswolds charm, Arlington Row Bristol’s Harbourside is now transformed landmarks, famous for its unique location and canvas spraying session. Exmoor is a truly unique and special place with explore the fascinating abbey with its beautiful is situated in the heart of Bibury – described by into a leisure destination full of watersports, beautiful scenery. Cliff top trails, breathtaking heather-clad moorlands, plunging cliffs and cloisters, furnished rooms and garden, as well as William Morris as ‘The most beautiful village in boat trips, museums, galleries, markets and views, pay-as-you-go family attractions, Clifton Village sheltered bays; not forgetting the sparkling the quintessentially English village, famous from England’. restaurants. shopping village, restaurant and cafés. rivers, waterfalls and an abundance of wildlife. Home to boutique shopping, fantastic 1 film and TV. Eden Project 62 architecture and a world-famous bridge, Clifton 7 21 41 Bourton-on-the Clifton Suspension St Austell National Cheddar Gorge 26 Blackdown Hills Stonehenge 66 is a short walk from the city centre and is where 47 Cranborne Chase and Puzzlewood Dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World by Cheddar Taunton Deane Nr Amesbury -Water Bridge and Visitor you can also find Bristol Zoo Gardens. some, Eden is a dramatic global garden housed Maritime Museum Visit Britain’s biggest gorge, take in the dramatic Coleford A nationally important landscape offering a Step back in time and explore the history and West Wiltshire Downs Bourton-on-the -Water Centre in tropical biomes that nestle in a crater the size Falmouth cliffs rising up 450ft and explore the stunning sense of timelessness. A network of hedges, Explore a mile of meandering pathways, with its mystery of Stonehenge, one of the most iconic The village is known as the Venice of the The world famous bridge and the iconic symbol of 30 football pitches. Celebrating the sea, boats and Cornwall, the stalactite caverns below. There are seven great mature hedgerow trees and small copses link a South Wiltshire fantastic tree and rock formations, through this wonders of the world. of Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel National Maritime Museum Cornwall is multi- attractions to explore including Gough’s Cave. rich mosaic of semi-natural habitats. Perfect for Experience a charming corner of rural England Cotswolds because of the little bridges crossing 14-acre ancient woodland. It has an atmosphere in 1831 and completed in 1864 after his death. award winning and not only has 15 stunning walks, cycling and horse riding. 42 Salisbury Cathedral in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with the River Windrush that runs through its heart. quite unlike any other wood you have visited. 22 galleries beautifully illustrating the past, West Somerset its dramatic views and picturesque villages. 27 Montacute House 63 Gloucester Cathedral 67 Sculpture Trail Brunel’s ss Great Britain present and future of this island nation but also and Magna Carta Step aboard the ship that changed the world, Railway Gloucester offers a number of stunning exhibitions.