Lydeard Farm

If you’re in this area for an active break, you should have plenty of options – perhaps treetop courses, kayaking and raft building at Black Rock Outdoors (10 minutes' drive), golf at Enmore Park Golf Club (10 minutes) or riding from Adsborough House Stables (15 minutes). There are lots of walks around too, including the climb up to Burrow Mump (20 minutes) and the stroll around Seven Sisters (10 minutes), which has gorgeous views on a clear day. It’s not all about the Quantock Hills, either – you’ll also be close to the Blackdown Hills and Exmoor National Park, where you might like to visit Dunster Castle (40 minutes), follow the Tall Trees Trail (50 minutes) or hit the beach in Minehead (45 minutes). For a bigger day out, head up to Cheddar (45 minutes), where you can tie in a bit of cheese sampling with a trip to Cheddar Gorge – and extend your day out by continuing on to the caves at Wookey Hole (55 minutes if you’d rather drive straight there).