The Visitor. Covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire
The Visitor. Magazine covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Since 1983.
Hestercombe has been awarded a grant of £69,000 from Arts Council England to continue its gallery and arts programme in 2017. This year, thanks to this grant and funding from Taunton Deane Borough Council, the award-winning heritage attraction, near Taunton in Somerset, will see over 10 artists engaging with the gardens, landscape, archives, buildings and visitors. Full story: Read more
An exhibition of works by the Camden Town Group opens at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton on Saturday 25 March. ‘A Fragile Beauty: Art on the Blackdown Hills 1909 to 1925’ captures the beauty of this Somerset and Devon borderland in a period when the First World War was changing English society forever. Full story: Read more
Somerset Wildlife Trust announces major half term event programme to celebrate the success of Routes to The River Tone project. Somerset Wildlife Trust’s most successful urban wildlife projects, Routes To The River Tone is delighted to announce ‘Celebration Of The River Tone’ – an entire week of nature-based activities for all at half term. The celebration is aimed to give people the opportunity to enjoy, discover and explore the town’s amazing green spaces, wild places and the stunning wildlife that lives along the river. Full story: Read more