Local Interest
This is a wonderfully scenic and relaxing area ideally located for a holiday or short break. We are three miles from Yeovil, fifteen minutes from the A303, thirty minutes from Taunton and Dorchester, approximately one hour from Bath, Wells, Salisbury and Exeter.

There is lots to do and see. This is an area rich in history and an ideal base to explore the Jurassic coast line. (England's first natural world heritage site).

Seaside resorts of Burton Bradstock, Bridport and Lyme Regis all within easy reach.

Soak up Thomas Hardy's landscape, made famous in his book "Far from the Madding Crowd".

Sherborne Castle, the swannery and subtropical gardens at Abbotsbury National Trust Houses of  Montacute, Barrington Court,  Lytes Cary and Stourhead.

Other places of interest: Forde Abbey, Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset Levels,
Cheddar Caves and Wookie Hole.

Lovely walks, golf and riding readily at hand.

Excellent pubs are in nearby East Coker - a village dating back to Norman times, it is the birthplace of the navigator, pirate and botanist, William Dampier and final resting place of Poet T.S. Eliot who is buried in the Parish Church of St. Michael.

In the valley below Pendomer House is the village of Pendomer and the church, St Roch Church. The first recorded date for this church is 1297 where the rector is named as Johannis Personis. The church in its present form dates from about 1320. Pendomer is named after the Dummer or Domer family, who can be traced as living in Penne-Dumer from 1148. It is believed that the son of Sir John Dummer (1268-1320) rebuilt the church in memory of his father and he dedicated it to a rather obscure saint of France, St Roch.

Tourist Attractions
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Ilchester
Forde Abbey and Gardens
Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford
Montacute House
Museum of South Somerset, Yeovil
Sherborne Castle

Places to Eat
The Helyar Arms
The Queens Arms at Corton Denham
The Rose and Crown at Trent
Little Barwick House

Main Towns:
Crewkerne 7 miles,     Ilchester 9.6 miles,    Ilminster 18.6 miles,
Sherborne 10 miles,    Yeovil 5 miles

Local Villages:
Barwick,    East Coker,    Halstock,     Hardington Mandeville,
Montecute,     North Coker,    West Coker