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Somerset Levels and West Dorset

Freedom Holiday Self Guided Grading Level 2
7 days/6 nights Low Season £480pp High Season £498pp Tour Code WX004
 

Unfortunately we cannot offer holidays in Somerset, Devon or Dorset

Day 1: Arrival in Taunton. Taunton to Meare Green, 15 miles (24 km).

This tour starts in the Somerset town of Taunton where in 1497 Perkin Warbeck seized the town and said he was King Richard IV. After collecting your bikes the cycling starts straight away to Meare Green.

Day 2: Meare Green to Somerton, 28 miles (45 km).

On the way to the ancient capital of Wessex, Somerton, you will have time to visit Barrington Court House and Gardens (National Trust). From here it is through pretty Somerset villages viewing cob and thatch houses before arriving at Somerton Court a 15th Century manor house, your accommodation for the night.

Cycling along the Canal

Day 3: Somerton to Bruton, 19 miles (30 km).

Following the South Somerset cycle route to Castle Cary with time to visit the town it is then on to Bruton. Stay the night at Gants Mill, an ancient water mill still in use today. The owners will give you a personal conducted tour of the mill and its history.

Day 4: Bruton to Sherborne, 25 miles (40 km).

From Bruton you pass through a number of lovely Somerset villages such as Pitcombe, Shepton Montague, Blackford, Compton Pauncefoot, Sutton Montis, Corton Denham, Sandford Orcas then cross the border into Dorset and Sherborne.

Day 5: Sherborne to Piddlehinton, 22 miles (35 km).

Leave Sherborne, after visiting the abbey church with its delicate fan vaulting and stained glass windows, down a valley visiting Minterne Magna and the gardens then on to Cerne Abbas. View the Cerne Giant then on to Piddlehinton staying for two nights at a local bed and breakfast.

Day 6: Piddlehinton to Wareham to Piddlehinton, 25 miles (40 km).

The choice is yours for either a rest day or a local circular route down to Wareham and back.

Day 7: Piddlehinton to Station.

For your final day you will be collected from your accommodation and taken to the local train station (Either Yeovil or Dorchester).

 

Includes

  • 6 nights in good quality hotels or B&B's (based on 2 people sharing)
  • 6 x breakfast
  • Bike hire
  • Luggage transfer
  • Maps and route information

Excludes

  • Transfer to Taunton
  • Cycling Helmets
  • Evening meals

Optional extras

How to get there

  • By train to Taunton
  • By car
 
Departure dates in 2011 - Any day from April to October
High Season 1st July to 15th September
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