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Woodlands for forest bathing in Somerset

7 places in Somerset that suit forest bathing, with parking, paths and facilities on each page. Find a forest bathing guide in Somerset.

Track through Castle Neroche woodland in the Blackdown Hills, SomersetCastle NerocheWoods over an Iron Age hillfort and Norman castle with views to the QuantocksEbbor Gorge in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in AugustEbbor GorgeSteep wooded limestone gorge above Wookey Hole with views to Glastonbury TorGrounds of Fyne Court in the Quantock Hills, SomersetFyne CourtQuantock estate where an old garden has gone wild, with woodland, streams and meadowsCoppiced woodland at Ramscombe in Great Wood, Quantock Hills, SomersetGreat WoodBig Quantock Hills wood with towering Douglas firs, broadleaves and quiet combesOak woodland in Horner Wood on Exmoor, SomersetHorner WoodVast ancient oak wood on Exmoor with mossy pollards and the stream of Horner WaterView across Prior Park, Bath, with the Palladian Bridge and treesPrior Park Landscape GardenGeorgian landscape garden above Bath with veteran trees, lakes and a Palladian bridgeTarr Steps clapper bridge over the River Barle on Exmoor, SomersetTarr Steps WoodlandLichen-rich woods on the River Barle beside the ancient Tarr Steps clapper bridge

Photos: Castle Neroche, David Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0); Ebbor Gorge, Rod Ward (Public domain); Fyne Court, Derek Harper (CC BY-SA 2.0); Great Wood, Fabian Musto (CC BY-SA 2.0); Horner Wood, christopher deane (CC BY-SA 2.0); Prior Park Landscape Garden, Adrian Pingstone (Public domain); Tarr Steps Woodland, Simon Burchell (CC BY-SA 4.0).