Secret Somerset Episodes Available now
Taunton鈥檚 Tudor Tavern
The town's oldest listed domestic building is now a caf茅.
How Cheddar inspired Tolkien鈥檚 Lord of the Rings
The author first visited the picturesque area of Somerset on his honeymoon in 1916.
The coal miner who ended up in a lunatic asylum
Mark Whitcomb and the Furman sisters are remembered at the Mendip Hospital Cemetery.
The Pauper Lunatic Asylum Cemetery
The cemetery is the final resting place for inmates and staff from the asylum.
The burning city on the Mendips
Lights and fires were used to trick German bombers into thinking they鈥檇 reached Bristol.
The gothic mansion that became a TB Sanatorium
Quantock Lodge was built in the 1800s for the-then MP of Taunton, Henry Labouchere.
The D-Day air support
Discover the role the South West鈥檚 airfields played in D-Day.
The Witch of Wookey Hole
Exploring the caves and the legend of the witch of Wookey Hole.
The Bakery that disappeared from the A303
The Bakery in West Camel no longer sits on the A303 due to the new road layout.
The lost village of Clicket
The Exmoor village was abandoned more than a hundred years ago.
