Explore fascinating stories from Somerset.
Radio Somerset,·41 episodes
Dan Broadbent from the Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme recounts mythical tales.
25 Feb 2025,·6 mins
The estate has been used as a wildlife park, a theme park and filming location.
20 Feb 2025,·13 mins
The artist William Turner sketched the view of the Watchet coast from the site.
13 Feb 2025,·8 mins
Discovering the unique quirks of St Andrew's Church built in the 14th century.
03 Feb 2025,·7 mins
Frederick Blomberg was adopted and raised by the King and Queen in 1765.
24 Jan 2025,·10 mins
The former magistrates’ court and police station building now houses the town council.
23 Jan 2025,·7 mins
John Adams and John Quincy Adams are remembered in Barton St David’s church.
17 Jan 2025,·8 mins
Hemyock in the Blackdown Hills produced St Ivel Gold until 2008.
14 Jan 2025,·6 mins
The ghost of Mrs Portman has been spotted in the historic house by visitors.
10 Dec 2024,·6 mins
The rifle group is thought to have started in the Victorian times.
09 Dec 2024,·9 mins
The family-run furniture shop was established in 1944.
29 Nov 2024,·4 mins
A hanging tree once stood between Tesco and B&Q in the town.
21 Nov 2024,·6 mins
Volunteers have spent five years reproducing Roman designs at Avalon Archaeology.
18 Nov 2024,·10 mins
How a 16th century bell that chimed in Upton ended up in an rainforest wedding chapel.
18 Oct 2024,·8 mins
The Wells Cathedral library securely holds books, published before the 1800s, in chains.
04 Oct 2024,·7 mins
Arturo Fanconi from Ilminster was posthumously awarded the Albert Medal for saving lives.
25 Sep 2024,·7 mins
Chard's James Gillingham found his calling after a local man was injured in an accident.
24 Sep 2024,·7 mins
Julian Cox was the last person to be executed in Taunton for witchcraft in 1663.
13 Sep 2024,·7 mins
It’s said Stuckey’s banknotes had a circulation second only to the Bank of England.
30 Aug 2024,·5 mins
A ghost, a bishop and mysterious shipwrecks around Minehead harbour.
21 Aug 2024,·10 mins
A radar station and archaeological remains can be found on the North Hill site.
13 Aug 2024,·9 mins
The story of Yeovilton’s Concorde at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
13 Aug 2024,·10 mins
A president, a spy and a tragic ghost – the history of The Royal Oak in Withypool.
30 Jul 2024,·9 mins
The town's oldest listed domestic building is now a café.
25 Jul 2024,·8 mins
The author first visited the picturesque area of Somerset on his honeymoon in 1916.
11 Jul 2024,·5 mins
Mark Whitcomb and the Furman sisters are remembered at the Mendip Hospital Cemetery.
03 Jul 2024,·8 mins
The cemetery is the final resting place for inmates and staff from the asylum.
25 Jun 2024,·9 mins
Lights and fires were used to trick German bombers into thinking they’d reached Bristol.
19 Jun 2024,·8 mins
Quantock Lodge was built in the 1800s for the-then MP of Taunton, Henry Labouchere.
13 Jun 2024,·9 mins
Discover the role the South West’s airfields played in D-Day.
05 Jun 2024,·6 mins
