South-West

Listed below are the best Family based attractions that English heritage has to offer in the South-West of England. All the attractions listed are either suitable for educational purposes or offer family experiences. Some also offer guided tours as well as other facilities. Below is a key to all the facilities that each attraction offer.

Audio ToursExhibitions      Museum
Baby ChangingFamily-Learning       Parking
Disabled AccessGuidebooks      Picnic
Dogs Allowed Hazardous      Shop 
Educational Holiday Cottages     Restaurant
Events Mens/ Womens  Tearoom 

There are many different types of attraction for you to visit. Below is a short key explaining the different types of attractions that are available.

Available to HireBattlefield SitesCastles
CoastCountrysideDefence of the Realm
EcclesiasticalFilm/TV LocationGardens
Historical House Industrial ArchaeologyIndustrial Heritage
ParkPrehistoric Sites Roman 
Statues Stone CrossesWindmill 

Below are the very best family attractions in the South-West. Each site offers something unique and different and is well worth seeing. Remember that if you become a member you can get discounts on paying attractions and joining is as little as £40.

Berry Pomeroy Castle - Devon        
Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin. Within the 15th-century defences of the Pomeroy family castle, still displaying a wall painting of the Three Kings in its gatehouse chamber, looms the dramatic ruined shell of its successor, the great Elizabethan mansion of the Seymours
Facilities:           
Property Type 
Opening Times: Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm         Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm         Sept 10am - 5pm Oct 10am - 4pm  Closed from November until March
Prices : Adults - £3.80, Child £1.90, Members - FREE
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

 Cleeve Abbey - Somerset  
The picturesque Cistercian abbey of Cleeve boasts the most impressively complete and unaltered set of monastic cloister buildings in England, standing roofed and two storeys high. They include the gatehouse, the 15th-century refectory with its glorious angel roof, an unusual ‘painted chamber’, and the floor of an earlier refectory, decked from end to end with 13th-century heraldic tiles, the protection of which is the subject of an ongoing high profile project
Facilities:             
Property Type 
Opening Times:  Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm         Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm  Closed from November until March
Prices : Adults - £3.50, Child £1.80, Members - FREE
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Dartmouth Castle - Devon    
This well-preserved and beautifully sited castle juts out into the narrow entrance of the Dart estuary. Begun in the late 14th century, a defence called ‘the Fortalice’ was intended to protect the homes of Dartmouth merchants from shipborne attack
Facilities:            
Property Type  
Opening Times:   Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm      Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                           Nov - March 10am-4pm (Only Sat & Sun)
Prices : Adults - £3.90, Child £2.00, Members - FREE
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Farleigh Hungerford Castle - Somerset      
Farleigh Hungerford was begun in the 1370s by Sir Thomas Hungerford, Speaker of the Commons, and extended in the 15th century by his son Walter, Lord Hungerford, Agincourt veteran and distinguished medieval statesman. The remains of their fortress, built in the most up-to-date and fashionable quadrangular style of the time, includes two tall corner towers, along with a walled outer court incorporating a complete castle Chapel and attendant Priest’s House
Facilities:            
Property Type 
Opening Times:  Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm         Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                           Nov - March 10am-4pm (Only Sat & Sun)
Prices : Adults - £3.50, Child £1.80, Members - FREE
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Okehampton Castle - Devon      
The remains of the largest castle in Devon, in an outstandingly picturesque setting on a wooded spur above the rushing River Okement. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest as a motte and bailey castle with a stone keep, it was converted into a motte and bailey castle with a stone keep, it was converted into a sumptuous residence in the 14th century by Hugh Courtenay, Earl of Devon, much of whose work survives.
Facilities:           
Property Type 
Opening Times: Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm         Jul-Aug 10am - 5pm                                      Sept 10am - 5pm            Closed from October - March          
Prices : Adults - £3.00, Child £1.50, Members - FREE
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Old Sarum - Wiltshire   
The great earthwork of Old Sarum stands near Salisbury on the edge of Wiltshire’s chalk plains. Its mighty ramparts were raised in about 500 BC by Iron Age peoples, and later occupied by the Romans, the Saxons and, most importantly, the Normans.
Facilities:             
Property Type   
Opening Times: Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm      Jul-Aug 9am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                 Nov - Feb 11am-3pm     March 10am - 4pm
Prices : Adults - £2.90, Child £1.50, Members - FREE
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Old Wardour Castle - Wiltshire    
Beautifully sited beside a lake, Old Wardour Castle was built in the late 14th century by John Lord Lovel as a lightly fortified but showy and luxurious residence. A hexagonal tower house ranged round a central courtyard, its form is very unusual in England.
Facilities:            
Property Type 
Opening Times:  Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm      Jul-Aug 9am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                 Nov - March 10am-4pm    
Prices : Adults - £3.40, Child £1.70, Members - FREE
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Pendennis Castle - Cornwall      
Constructed between 1540 and 1545, Pendennis and its sister St Mawes Castle form the Cornish end of the chain of coastal castles built by Henry VIII to counter a threat from France and Spain. A host of events designed for all the family are held every year. A great opportunity to learn about characters and traditions from the past whilst having lots of fun!
Facilities                
Property Type   
Opening Times:   Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm      Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                 Nov - March 10am-4pm    
Prices : Adults - £5.40, Child £2.70, Members - FREE, Family £13.50
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Portland Castle - Dorset  
Tucked away in a steep wooded valley, Berry Pomeroy Castle is the perfect romantic ruin. Within the 15th-century defences of the Pomeroy family castle, still displaying a wall painting of the Three Kings in its gatehouse chamber, looms the dramatic ruined shell of its successor, the great Elizabethan mansion of the Seymours
Facilities:           
Property Type 
Opening Times:   1 Apr - 30 Sept   10am - 6pm           1st Oct - 20 Mar 10am - 4pm
Prices : Adults - £3.80, Child £1.90, Members - FREE
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Pendennis Castle - Cornwall      
Constructed between 1540 and 1545, Pendennis and its sister St Mawes Castle form the Cornish end of the chain of coastal castles built by Henry VIII to counter a threat from France and Spain. A host of events designed for all the family are held every year. A great opportunity to learn about characters and traditions from the past whilst having lots of fun!
Facilities                
Property Type   
Opening Times:   Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm      Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                 Nov - March 10am-4pm    
Prices : Adults - £5.40, Child £2.70, Members - FREE, Family £13.50
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Pendennis Castle - Cornwall      
Constructed between 1540 and 1545, Pendennis and its sister St Mawes Castle form the Cornish end of the chain of coastal castles built by Henry VIII to counter a threat from France and Spain. A host of events designed for all the family are held every year. A great opportunity to learn about characters and traditions from the past whilst having lots of fun!
Facilities                
Property Type   
Opening Times:   Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm      Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                 Nov - March 10am-4pm    
Prices : Adults - £5.40, Child £2.70, Members - FREE, Family £13.50
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Pendennis Castle - Cornwall      
Constructed between 1540 and 1545, Pendennis and its sister St Mawes Castle form the Cornish end of the chain of coastal castles built by Henry VIII to counter a threat from France and Spain. A host of events designed for all the family are held every year. A great opportunity to learn about characters and traditions from the past whilst having lots of fun!
Facilities                
Property Type   
Opening Times:   Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm      Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                 Nov - March 10am-4pm    
Prices : Adults - £5.40, Child £2.70, Members - FREE, Family £13.50
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here

Pendennis Castle - Cornwall      
Constructed between 1540 and 1545, Pendennis and its sister St Mawes Castle form the Cornish end of the chain of coastal castles built by Henry VIII to counter a threat from France and Spain. A host of events designed for all the family are held every year. A great opportunity to learn about characters and traditions from the past whilst having lots of fun!
Facilities                
Property Type   
Opening Times:   Apr - Jun  10am - 5pm      Jul-Aug 10am - 6pm      Sept 10am - 5pm   Oct 10am - 4pm                 Nov - March 10am-4pm    
Prices : Adults - £5.40, Child £2.70, Members - FREE, Family £13.50
Location: For more details on how to get here, click here



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