Bridgwater



Blake Museum - Day outBlake Museum
Coleridge Cottage - Day outColeridge Cottage
Greylake Nature Reserve - Day outGreylake Nature Reserve
Middlemoor Water Park - Day outMiddlemoor Water Park
Temple of Harmony - Day outTemple of Harmony
Westonzoyland Pumping Station - Day outWestonzoyland Pumping Station
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Blake Museum

From the earliest settlements in the Archaeology Gallery to the hustle and bustle of the port, and from the drama of the Monmouth Rebellion to the glamour of Bridgwater's annual Carnival - there is plenty to interest the whole family.
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Coleridge Cottage

Home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Coleridge lived in the cottage for three years from 1797, and there are mementoes of the poet on display. It was here that he wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part of Christabel, Frost ...

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Greylake Nature Reserve

The fields here used to be arable farmland, but now you can see lapwings, snipe, curlews and redshanks nesting here in summer, as well as yellow wagtails, skylarks and meadow pipits.

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Middlemoor Water Park

Middlemoor Waterpark was created in 1989. This purpose-built lake set in the historic Somerset levels gives you the opportunity to try something out of the ordinary. Although situated in a peaceful rural setting, everything you need for a super day o ...

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Temple of Harmony

The Temple, an 18th century folly, is a replica of the 1st Century BC Temple of Fortuna Virilis in Rome. The Temple of Harmony was built by Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte in 1767 to designs by Thomas Prowse, with features by Robert Adam and Thomas Stockin ...

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Westonzoyland Pumping Station

Westonzoyland is a small village on the Somerset Levels, a few miles from Bridgwater. It is the home of Somerset's earliest steam-powered pumping station (built 1830), once a hard-working guardian of the flatlands, now a small museum displaying stati ...