The Bridgwater Carnival is the largest of several carnivals which tour towns in central Somerset,…read moreto celebrate the anniversary of the 1605 gunpowder plot, when Guy Fawkes failed to blow up the English Houses of Parliament. The Carnival is a dramatic, illuminated procession of about 100 floats, each lit by thousands of light bulbs. Each float is built (in great secrecy) by a Carnival club representing a town, pub or place of work in the area, with widely varying themes. It claims to be the largest illuminated carnival in the world, attracting over 150,000 visitors. A unique feature of the Bridgwater Carnival is the tradition of 'squibbing', which takes place after the procession. Squibs are huge hand-held fireworks, and about 100 are lit at once in a dramatic (and slightly scary!) display. (The practice gives its name to the English expression of 'a damp squib', which refers to a non-event.) The entire event is organised by volunteers and raises money for charity. This also gives a rather attractive 'homely' feel, as entries vary from fabulous floats to individual children dressed up in odd constumes.. The web-site gives full details of how to watch the procession (early arrival is essential as many main roads are closed for the event) and alternative venues in the different towns of the circuit - Burnham-on-Sea, Wells, Glastonbury and Weston-super-Mare. The web-site also has a photograph gallery from previous processions and video clips of squibbing. Wikipedia has an excellent review of the history of the Carnival with some great photographs at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Country_Carnival

The Bridgwater Carnival has a long history in Bridgwater. Its always held on the Thursday nearest 5…read moreNovember in celebration of Guy Fawkes Day. Loads of the residents of Bridgwater and the surrounding towns and villages are involved with the carnival clubs and spend the year raising money and creating the carnival floats. Most of the floats now-a-days are technically quite impressive with loads of light bulbs and moving parts. A lot of effort is made with the floats and some of the tableus are very impressive. It is funny that there are the same themes every year, you can always bet on seeing carnival carts with the following themes; cowboys and indians, pirates, jesters, disney charactors and grown men dressed as babies! After the carnival is the Squibbing, a squib is a very large firework with a long wooden handle and 100 of these are lit and carried in a parade through the town centre, by Squibbers in old fashioned costumes.

Appalling toxic school. No child should be left believing they are broken…read more Deceptive, unkind, uncaring......if it were possible to leave zero stars I would.

This is probably the best private school in Taunton. They have a swimming pool, and get the best…read moreresults in Taunton, although it is quite expensive.

Went to watch an emotional film upstairs at the cinema. Yet the social club had the absolute…read moreaudacity to host live music so early that all me and my beloved partner could hear was the incessant whaling of the band downstairs. It absolutely ruined my experience and I would have thought that you would be more considerate to your neighbours. Have some grace and decorum. Shows have awfull the management style is. Sort your business out and learn to respect thy neighbour Yours thankfully Sue,

This is a Social Club in Burnham on Sea the club has 3 bars and a function room. The Ritz Acoustic…read moreClub holds a regular acoustic night here, where a variety of local acts perform short acoustic sets and sometimes more well known artists play such as Eddie Martin. It is cheap to get in and they have a raffle each week. I think the acoustic night is a good way to showcase the talent in the area and to encourage people who wouldn't normally perform live to get up and have a go. The club has an open mic night every Thursday and every third Thursday they hold a showcase and buffet night where local performers or bands from further away play 50 minute sets.

This little museum in the heart of Watchet village is the tinyest museum I've ever been to but that…read moredoes not make it any less interesting and of historical importance. It was free to enter. It really was jam packed with nautical memorabilia and other fascinating things. There were many exhibits including fossils, stone age tools, Roman remains, Watchet's Saxon Mint and of course tons of maritime history. A great little free museum to take the kids.

I really like this place, a must stop if your visiting the area. Great cider with free tastings…read morelocated in shop. Museum was full of old agricultural artifacts and there is also a cafe on site.

The museum is not worth the tour, it is just a nice free addition to the main attraction. Which is…read morethe shop with its free tasting of their amazing cider and local specialities. It is fabolous! Well worth a trip!

If I ever see Will Smith at a game, I'll be like "Yo, will!" I think someone must have said that a…read morelittle too loud to him at one of these games because then they renamed the entire town and team after it. Ah well. If you don't love my sense of humour yet... Yeo Vil. First-Hand Experience: I saw Yeovil play live at the Kassam in Oxford once... they were pretty good. I loved that their travelling fans were so loud and into it. Very nice people too. I've been to their home stadium as well but haven't yet seen them play there. In Yeoman's terms, this is a club that has no business being in League One, it's amazing that they are so high, and were even higher recently. Such a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere. Really punching above their weight, so good for them! Yay! They once played in front of more than 81,000 against Manchester United at Maine Road, temporarily shared with local rival Manchester City following the bombing of Old Trafford in the Second World War. Wtf? I didn't even know Old Trafford was bombed. Anyway, they play to less than 10k people, in lovely green and white with yellow away kits. Sort of like Celtic hoops. They were a non league side until the new millennium, at which point they jumped up 3 divisions in the course of 10 years, which is amazing. They've dropped back down one, now, though. But there's a real romance with this team doing so well, so good on them!

We saw signs for the cider farm as we drove from Minehead to watchet plus we had a leaflet which…read moreadvertised this place. We pulled into the carpark about 3pm, only a few cars there. It had some animals doted around in individual pens which we looked at. There is a play area for kids too. We didn't go into the cafe, but headed into the shop. This had various souvenirs as well as cheese, fudge etc and cider! The lady offered us samples to try as we couldn't decide. We went for the sweet scrumpy! She said it would last a week if refrigerated. I wouldn't drive far to visit, it's not worth it. But if you are in Minehead then it's okay!

Wonderful Georgian building, home to the Museum of Fashion. Can be hired for private functions…read more Good gift shop.

Not as much to see as the big museums in London, but worth a visit - emphasis on local history…read more It's situated opposite the marvellous cathedral, which is in a semi-rural setting, you wouldn't think you were in the middle of a city (albeit tiny). Bishops' Close is next door, a step back in time to the middle ages.