Local Attractions in Somerset

South Cadbury is most well-known for its Iron Age hill fort which is thought by many to be the site of King Arthur’s Camelot. Every year people come from all over the world to walk around its ramparts and enjoy the fantastic views across to Glastonbury Tor and the Somerset Levels.

There is an extensive archaeological study in progress in the area. Click here for details of the South Cadbury Environs Project.

However, even if you are not a budding archaeologist or avid walker you will find many things to do around South Cadbury, no matter what your tastes. Here are some other places to visit:

Within half an hour of South Cadbury:

• Beautiful Somerset villages and churches.
• The National Trust houses and gardens of Montacute and Stourhead, Tintinhull, Lytes Cary and Barrington.
• The Bath and West Showground
• Bath and West Show
• The Fleet Air Arm Museum
• Haynes’ Motor Museum.
• Longleat
• Wincanton Racecourse.
• The historic towns of Sherborne, Shaftesbury, Somerton and Wells.
• Sherborne Abbey and Wells Cathedral.
• Glastonbury and Glastonbury Tor
• Clark’s Village, Street.
• Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park
• Ham Hill Country Park

Within an hour of South Cadbury:

• Bath and Bristol
• Salisbury and the Cranborne Chase
• Cheddar Gorge and Show caves
• Stonehenge
• Wookey Hole
• Dorchester
• The Tank Museum, Nr Dorchester.
• Abbotsbury Swannery
• Monkey World.
• Chesil Beach and Weymouth

       and there's still more to explore!