Days Out Around Bristol Bath & Somerset

Where shall we go today? Crook Peak, the Avalon Marshes, the Wye Valley? Or perhaps Bruton, Glastonbury or Clevedon? This book is packed with ideas for great days out within around an hour or so's drive, with suggestions to suit your mood, schedule and starting point. From the Mendip Hills and Somerset Levels, to South Wales, the southern Cotswolds, the Coast and its resorts. Quirky facts and background information provide context, while divided into micro-regions, maps provide orientation. This guide (updated and revised for 2026) will help you explore what is on the doorstep or to venture further afield along paths less travelled. Includinrural towns & picturesque villagesancient churches, historic houses & castlescombes, gorges & cavescanals, rivers & lakesgardens & nature reservesbeaches & the coastlinecafes, restaurants, pubs & barsentertainment, festivals & eventsactivities, walks & trailsshopping & marketsfarm shops & garden centrescheesemakers, cidermakers & vineyards