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Nearby Attractions

• East Lambrook Manor Gardens (1 Mile)* These internationally famous Grade 1 listed gardens were the inspiration of Margery Fish who was the undisputed 'Leading Lady of Gardening' from the 1950's until her death in 1969.
  
• Barrington Court (2 Miles)* Barrington Court is a 16th century manor house which epitomises the ongoing work of the National Trust. This is a lovely Tudor manor house with Gertrude Jekyll-inspired gardens.
  
• Montacute House (4 Miles)* Montacute House is more than just another great stately home in the National Trust collection. It has some great unique features and human-interest stories in its history which deserve to be shared.
  
• Muchelney Abbey (5 Miles)* Muchelney, the atmospheric and once-remote 'great island' amid the Somerset Levels, has many rewards for visitors.
  
• Tintinhull Garden (5 Miles)* The delightful two-acre Somerset garden at Tintinhull is a fine example of how small can still be beautiful.
  
• Lytes Cary Manor (8 Miles)* Lytes Cary Manor is the quintessential English manor house, surrounded by neat formal gardens of clipped yews and set amidst a wonderful Somerset landscape.
  
• Forde Abbey and Gardens (8 Miles)* Founded in 1146, Forde Abbey was one of the most significant Cistercian monasteries in England during the four centuries that separated the reign of King Stephen from the Reformation.
  
• Horn Park Gardens (9 Miles)* The large and beautiful gardens, in a unique position and with magnificent views to the sea, surround the house built in 1911 by a pupil of Lutyens.
  
• Beaminster Museum (10 Miles)* Beaminster Museum is a local history museum covering Beaminster and the surrounding villages. Its collection covers past local families of importance, past local trades and schools and a fine collection of agricultural tools.
  
• Sherborne Museum (12 Miles)* Sherborne Museum, with over 15,000 items of local history, is in the heart of the town close to five of the most ancient buildings in its history: the Abbey, Sherborne School, the Almshouse, the Conduit and the Old Church House.
  

Nearby Towns

• Martock (2 Miles)* Martock is a large village worth visiting for its many old hamstone buildings - ornate houses, the Old Court House, Market House, Treasurer's House and parish church, the second largest in Somerset.
  
• Kingsbury Episcopi (3 Miles)* Kingsbury Episcopi is a Hamstone village boasting an ancient lock up on the green, magnificent church and numerous small orchards.
  
• Stoke-sub-Hamdon (3 Miles)* Stoke-sub-Hamdon stretches round the northern rim of Ham Hill.
  
• Hinton St. George (3 Miles)* Hinton St. George was for centuries the home of the Poulett family whose power and wealth built the schools, halls and artisans' houses to serve the estate. At least two cottages date from the 14th century.
  
• Stocklinch (4 Miles)* This beautiful and thriving village some three and a half miles North East of Ilminster dates back to medieval times.
  
• Montacute (4 Miles)* At Montacute the continuous progression of history is clearly visible in the buildings and monuments of this important medieval village below St. Michael's Hill.
  
• Ilminster (4 Miles)* Ilminster takes its name from the fine Minster church, which towers above the multitude of small shops and narrow streets crammed with mellow hamstone architecture.
  
• Crewkerne (4 Miles)* Crewkerne has been an important town since before the Norman conquest with some fine old buildings reflecting its prosperous cloth making past. Magnificent 15th century church. Bincombe Beeches nature trail rises from the town centre.
  
• Muchelney (5 Miles)* In medieval times Muchelney was home to an influential Benedictine Abbey. Excavations of the 10th century abbey and the preserved remains of the 15th century cloister and abbot's house are in the care of English Heritage and can all be seen.
  
• Isle Abbotts (5 Miles)* At Isle Abbotts, the handsome tower of the parish church rises over this sleepy little village close to the river Ile. Across the river to the east lies Isle Brewers.