Yeabridge Farm Hideaway

For those who like to dabble in active times, Vaux Park Polo Club (10-minute walk) offers lessons and taster days, or you can watch a match pitch-side with a picnic if you prefer to stay out of the action. There’s also a horse riding school (five-minute drive) and a swimming pool (10 minutes) for other energetic options. For something more leisurely, some fabulous properties and gardens are dotted around – Montacute House (10 minutes), Barrington Court (10 minutes) and Mapperton House and Gardens (30 minutes) are all worth a mosey. There are plenty of scenic explores to be had with the proximity of not one, but two, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty – Blackdown Hills and Dorset (both 15 minutes) – where you can cycle, walk, ride or even kayak your way around. Pack in the education with visits to the Fleet Air Arm Museum (15 minutes) and Haynes International Motor Museum (20 minutes), or opt for lessons in the county’s famed tipple instead at Perry’s Cider Mills (15 minutes) and Somerset Cider Brandy Company (15 minutes). Complete your stay with a trip to tourist hotspot, Glastonbury (30 minutes), where you can climb Glastonbury Tor and get a glimpse of Glastonbury Abbey.