Somerset is a shire county in south west England known for its agricultural landscapes and rolling hill ranges.

The county is largely rural, featuring hill ranges in the Mendips, Quantocks and Exmoor National Park. The centre of the county is the lowland Somerset Levels, an area of wetlands. The county includes the historic city of Bath, and England’s smallest city, Wells, as well as the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare.

Latest blog posts about Somerset

• Lines in the landscape: West of England Main Line (3/18/2015)
• Edge of the Vale (1/6/2013)
• The dismal town of Yeovil (8/26/2012)
• Kilve and Lilstock Beach (6/5/2012)
• Brean Down (3/1/2011)
• Bristol to Burnham by bike (12/20/2007)

Photographs of Somerset

First light on Cadbury Castle – photocatalyst

Brean Down – photocatalyst

Mendip Hills and Somerset farmland – photocatalyst

Glastonbury Tor – photocatalyst

Steam train on the West Somerset Railway – photocatalyst

Train in the Blackmore Vale – photocatalyst

Somerset fields – photocatalyst

Bishop’s Palace – photocatalyst

Somerset Levels – photocatalyst

High Speed Train – photocatalyst

South West Trains in Somerset – photocatalyst

The obelisk on Ham Hill – photocatalyst

Field drains on the Somerset Levels – photocatalyst

Cycling on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path – photocatalyst

Smoke on the Somerset Levels – photocatalyst

Hot air balloon in Somerset – photocatalyst

Somerset hills road – photocatalyst

Power lines over Somerset fields – photocatalyst

Somerset landscape – photocatalyst

High Speed Train passing Bruton in Somerset – photocatalyst

Bishop’s Palace gatehouse, Wells – photocatalyst

Clifton Suspension Bridge – photocatalyst

Country lane in summer – photocatalyst

Wells Cathedral – photocatalyst

Field drains on the Somerset Levels – photocatalyst

Clifton Suspension Bridge – photocatalyst

Dunster Yarn Market – photocatalyst

Mendip Hills – photocatalyst

Dunster Yarn Market – photocatalyst

Clifton Suspension Bridge – photocatalyst

Wells Cathedral – photocatalyst

On the towpath – photocatalyst

Great Western train in Bath – photocatalyst

Corton Hill sunrise – photocatalyst

Cliffs at Kilve – photocatalyst

Dunster village – photocatalyst

Sign warning of potholes – photocatalyst

Intercity 125 – photocatalyst

Cucklington village – photocatalyst

Bar barge – photocatalyst

Mendip Hills – photocatalyst

On the towpath – photocatalyst