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Combe St Nicholas is a picturesque village surrounded by rolling hills and meadows and featuring an ancient church and traditional thatched cottages.

Chard is a charming town located in Somerset, near the county borders of Devon and Dorset. Chard is a very notable town as it is the birthplace of powered flight. In 1848, in the town of Chard, Victorian aeronautical pioneer John Stringfellow first demonstrated that engine-powered flight was possible - and the rest is history!

The Cotley Inn is a well-known traditional country pub located in Wambrook near Chard. The pub serves up a delicious menu of quintessential British meals in a cosy and welcoming setting.

From this viewpoint on the border of the Blackdown Hills Area of Natural Beauty, you can enjoy wonderful views across the town of Chard and its surrounding countryside.

It's a bridge over troubled waters

Beautiful river and a bench

This sprawling farm sits on the Channel to Channel footpath and occupies a rather pretty position on the edge of the Yarty Valley. Several footpaths intersect here and you can hike east up to Membury village or west, down to the river itself.

A wonderful packhorse bridge, Beckford Bridge spans the River Yarty in the Blackdown Hills AONB to the north west of Axminster. Made from local rubble stone, this Grade II-listed span is in remarkably good condition, thanks to a modern bridge taking traffic. You can walk over the old bridge although it's best admired from the new one.