Pilton Yurt Camps

Take off on the local trails… you’ll pass by plenty of Somerset hills along the long-distance Leland Trail (15 minutes’ drive) and at the top of Glastonbury Tor (15 minutes), the rewards for your hill climb are the views from the monument. Around the Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve (25 minutes), you’ll get to circle around a sublime gorge, while at The Newt in Somerset (20 minutes), your wanderings will be based on a country estate with woodlands and gardens. As you might tell from your hikes, there’s a lot of the rural around this area, and the Somerset Rural Life Museum (15 minutes) brings some of the old ways of working into the light. It’s just one of many places that bring back the past, such as the spooky Glastonbury Abbey (20 minutes), the National Trust’s Stourhead (35 minutes), Wells Cathedral (15 minutes), King Alfred's Tower (25 minutes) and the museums, caves and tunnels at the Wookey Hole Caves (20 minutes). Onto other horizons, for wildlife, there are afternoons spent wildlife spotting at the Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve (35 minutes)… and for those artistic types among you, an arts centre and gallery at Hauser & Wirth Somerset (20 minutes).