Somerset by Norm Longley (English) Paperback Book

Somerset

by Norm Longley

Slow Somerset travel guide - expert local tips and holiday advice from Bath, Bristol Channel, Wells and the Mendips to Glastonbury, Somerset Levels, Quantocks, stately homes and castles, museums, Exmoor National Park and Dark Sky Reserve, and Cheddar Gorge. Also covering walks, cycling, wildlife, birdwatching, cider, accommodation and restaurants.

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Publisher Description

Slow Somerset travel guide ? expert local tips and holiday advice from Bath, Bristol Channel and Wells to Glastonbury, Somerset Levels, stately homes and castles, American Museum and Gardens, Exmoor National Park and Dark Sky Reserve, and Cheddar Gorge. Also covers walks, cycling, wildlife, birdwatching, cider, accommodation and restaurants. This new guide to the idyllic and popular county of Somerset from expert author and Somerset resident Norm Longley is ideal for both visitors and locals alike with its mix of visitor information, history, culture and anecdote, not to mention coverage of wildlife, birdwatching, walking, cycling and other outdoor activities. Accommodation and restaurants - and cider - are covered, too: as Longley himself says, he often spends weekends 'roaming the Somerset countryside in search of exciting and/or novel things to do - or at the very least, hunting down good food and drink.' Divided into seven easy-to-explore geographical regions, from Bath and north Somerset through Wells and the Mendips to Exmoor National Park and International Dark Sky Reserve, this is an indispensable companion for everyone from culture devotees to outdoor adventurers, birders to beach lovers, transport enthusiasts to event-goers, families to foodies. The Somerset Levels are covered, and so too are Quantock and Blackdown Hills, the coast, and east and south Somerset. Somerset is consistently seductive: windswept marshes and wild moorland, enchanting upland areas, iron-flat lowland terrain, limestone gorges, and a forty-mile long stretch of coast with rocky coves, fossil-filled cliffs and a tiny offshore island. And, of course, there's the UNESCO World Heritage city of Bath, with its beautifully preserved Roman baths, graceful Georgian architecture and enticing gastronomic possibilities. Bradt's Somerset covers all this and more, from the Glastonbury Festival to the American Museum and Gardens, carnivals to quirky local customs, the longest heritage railway in Britain to England's first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and a good dash of legend and myth too, from King Arthur at Avalon and Camelot, to the country's third largest complex of standing stones at Stanton Drew.

Author Biography

Norm Longley was brought up in Somerset, attending schools in Yeovil and the Quantocks, and after a fifteen-year hiatus - albeit still returning on a regular basis to see family and friends and the occasional Yeovil Town game - moved back in 2009, settling in the village of Chilcompton, roughly equidistant between Bath and Wells. With his family he often spends weekends roaming the Somerset countryside in search of exciting and/or novel things to do - or at the very least, hunting down good food and drink. He has been a guidebook writer for around 20 years and has written for The Guardian and Independent.

Table of Contents

GOING SLOW IN SOMERSETA Taste of Somerset, Getting to & around Somerset, How this book is arranged1 BATH & AROUNDGetting there & around, Bath, South of Bath2 WELLS & THE MENDIPSGetting there & around, Wells & around, The Mendips & surrounding area3 GLASTONBURY & THE SOMERSET LEVELSGetting there & around, Glastonbury, The Somerset Levels4 FROM THE QUANTOCKS TO THE BLACKDOWN HILLSGetting there & around, The Quantock Hills, Bridgwater & around, Taunton & around, The Blackdown Hills5 THE COASTGetting there & around, From Clevedon to Bridgwater Bay, From Cleeve Abbey to Minehead6 SOUTH SOMERSETGetting there & around, Bruton to Cadbury Castle, Somerton & around, Yeovil & around, From East Lambrook to Ilminster7 EXMOOR national parkGetting there & around, Coastal Exmoor, Inland ExmoorACCOMMODATIONINDEX

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.The 19th title in Bradt's award-winning, bestselling Slow Travel series.Ideal for everyone from culture devotees to outdoor adventurers, birders to beach lovers, transport enthusiasts to event-goers, families to foodies..Expert local authorAbout Bradt Travel Guides.Founded in 1974, Bradt is now the largest independent guidebook publisher in the UK with over 200 titles in print.WINNER of the Gold award for Best Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2018.Bradt guides are written by authors who really know their destinations. Many are resident there, or have been visiting regularly over a number of years..Each new Bradt guide is backed by a dedicated press and social media campaign

Long Description

This new guide to the idyllic and popular county of Somerset from expert author and Somerset resident Norm Longley is ideal for both visitors and locals alike with its mix of visitor information, history, culture and anecdote, not to mention coverage of wildlife, birdwatching, walking, cycling and other outdoor activities. Accommodation and restaurants - and cider - are covered, too: as Longley himself says, he often spends weekends 'roaming the Somerset countryside in search of exciting and/or novel things to do - or at the very least, hunting down good food and drink.'Divided into seven easy-to-explore geographical regions, from Bath and north Somerset through Wells and the Mendips to Exmoor National Park and International Dark Sky Reserve, this is an indispensable companion for everyone from culture devotees to outdoor adventurers, birders to beach lovers, transport enthusiasts to event-goers, families to foodies. The Somerset Levels are covered, and so too are Quantock and Blackdown Hills, the coast, and east and south Somerset.Somerset is consistently seductive: windswept marshes and wild moorland, enchanting upland areas, iron-flat lowland terrain, limestone gorges, and a forty-mile long stretch of coast with rocky coves, fossil-filled cliffs and a tiny offshore island. And, of course, there's the UNESCO World Heritage city of Bath, with its beautifully preserved Roman baths, graceful Georgian architecture and enticing gastronomic possibilities.Bradt's Somerset covers all this and more, from the Glastonbury Festival to the American Museum and Gardens, carnivals to quirky local customs, the longest heritage railway in Britain to England's first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and a good dash of legend and myth too, from King Arthur at Avalon and Camelot, to the country's third largest complex of standing stones at Stanton Drew.

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. The 19th title in Bradt'saward-winning, bestselling Slow Travel series . Ideal for everyone from culturedevotees to outdoor adventurers, birders to beach lovers, transport enthusiaststo event-goers, families to foodies. . Expert local author AboutBradt Travel Guides . Founded in 1974, Bradt is now thelargest independent guidebook publisher in the UK with over 200 titles in print . WINNER of the Gold award for BestGuidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2018 . Bradt guides are written by authorswho really know their destinations. Many are resident there, or have beenvisiting regularly over a number of years. . Each new Bradt guide is backed by adedicated press and social media campaign

Details ISBN1784776173 Author Norm Longley Publisher Bradt Travel Guides Series Bradt Travel Guides (Slow Travel series) Year 2019 ISBN-10 1784776173 ISBN-13 9781784776176 Format Paperback Imprint Bradt Travel Guides Place of Publication Buckinghamshire Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 914.238048612 Pages 240 Publication Date 2019-08-29 Language English UK Release Date 2019-08-29 AU Release Date 2019-08-29 NZ Release Date 2019-08-29 Alternative 9781784776947 Audience General

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• Condition: New
• ISBN-13: 9781784776176
• Publication Year: 2019
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• Book Title: Somerset
• Item Height: 196mm
• Author: Norm Longley
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Topic: Travel Guide
• Item Width: 126mm
• Item Weight: 300 g
• Number of Pages: 240 Pages

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