Twelve of Somerset’s best

Burrow Hill Cider, a traditional cider farm in Kingsbury Episcopi (01460 240782; www.somerset ciderbrandy.com)

Coates Willow and Wetlands Centre at Stoke St Gregory, near Taunton (01823 490249; www. coatesenglishwillow.co.uk) East Quay, Watchet’s contemporary-arts centre, which opened in 2021 (01984 263103; www. eastquaywatchet.co.uk) The 625-year-old George Inn at Norton St Philip, near Bath, which boasts a colourful past featuring the Monmouth rebellion and Judge Jeffreys (01373 834224; www.butcombe.com/ the-george-inn-somerset) Gorges Granola, offerings from which include the savoury fennel and Aleppo pepper granola, at North Cadbury (www. gorgescooks.com)

Osip, a bijou, farm-totable restaurant with a Michelin star in trendy Bruton (01749 813322; www.osiprestaurant.com)

Porlock Oysters—beachharvested from the shores around Porlock Weir and then delivered, fresh as a daisy, to your door (07435 652381; www.porlock bayoysters.co.uk)

Red Barn Farm Shop at Hinton Farm, Mudford, near Yeovil, for asparagus (01935 850994; www. redbarnfarmshop.co.uk)

Renegade Monk, alewashed artisan cheese from a farm near Templecombe (01963 370857; www.felthamsfarm.com) Wells Cathedral—don’t miss the Bishop’s Palace moat, the chained library and the magnificent scissor arches (01749 674483; www.wellscathedral.org.uk)

Worleys special-reserve keeved cider—chosen to launch Deepest Somerset —from the Mendip Hills (01749 880016; www. worleyscider.co.uk)

White Row Farm Shop at White Row Farm, Beckington, for vegetables, such as petit posy, also known as kalettes (01373 830798; www.whiterowfarm.co.uk)