• Wells Cathedral with shop and café
• Bishop’s Palace and Gardens with café
• Wells Museum (near the Cathedral)
• The Walled Garden at Mells
• Faulkland Lavender Farm (best in June & July) with café
• Radstock Museum café and bookshop
• Iford Manor Gardens, nr. Bradford on Avon with café and restaurant
• Heaven’s Gate, nr Longleat (viewpoint and forest walks)
• Lady Farm Gardens in Chelwood. The gardens are not covered in typical garden flower beds but landscaped on a grand scale. There is a natural lake and a wide selection of trees and shrubs . Café with indoor and outdoor seating
• Chew Valley Lake (reservoir) which has lots of benches suitable for elderly walkers and a restaurant serving fish and chips or tea and cake
• Yeo Valley Organic near Blagdon Lake, you can eat in the staff canteen
• Waterside Valley. This is beautiful swathe of open green space linking Radstock to Westfield. Somer Valley Rediscovered run a number of events on these grounds.
• Bath Theatrical Costume Hire (in Frome) – hire a costume for a photo or fancy-dress event,
• Midsomer Norton S&DR heritage railway – café and short rides
• Oakham Treasures (retail and farming history museum, Portbury, nr Bristol)

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