in South West England
Things to Do: Family Attractions
Dyrham Park, built by William Blathwayt, Secretary of State and War to William III. The house is set in formal parkland, with fallow deer herd and fine views to Wales.
Go back to the 1600’s in this Elizabethan House. Spiral stairs, sloping floors and period furniture together with recently restored Tudor kitchen and garden.
Wet weather attraction
Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall
On the site of a former clay pit, Eden is now a spectacular global garden
In the 'Humid Tropics' biome you can experience the sights, smells and sheer scale of the rainforest in the world's largest greenhouse. Discover the tropical plants found in products that you use every day and understand the ways in which they are being managed for a positive future.
Wet weather attraction
Nightingale Wood in South Marston is a unique wildlife site. It is a new woodland and wetland site with a variety of birdlife.
Woodchester Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Woodchester Park is set in a beautiful secluded Cotswold valley
A 400-acre, landscape park with an 18th and 19th century ‘lost garden’ and chain of five lakes, fringed by woodland pasture.
Open all year
