Towns & Villages

THE CORNER HOUSE RECENT SOMERSET LIFE SPOTLIGHT ON FROME FEATURE

Rating: 2

January 31st 2012

A small privately owned Bar / Restaurant / Hotel that’s packed most nights. Why ? Atmosphere and super, reasonably priced food served by smiling staff who obviously enjoy working there. The kitchen certainly knows what it is doing.

DEADLY IS THE FEMALE SOMERSET LIFE SPOTLIGHT ON FROME

Rating: 2

January 31st 2012

Specialising in faux vintage fashion they stock everything from 50s dresses to vintage style cosmetics, fabulous heels to 40s style swimming costumes and so much more. They are passionate about encouraging the confidence to dress up

INSIDERS GUIDE TO… Calne

Rating: 3

September 28th 2011

Sandy Thwaites looks at why this small town has so much to offer

Masterpieces: Old Masters at Corsham

Rating: 3

June 6th 2011

Just behind Corsham’s bustling high street is a stately home with an extraordinary art collection, as Kate Fleming discovered

Oh, so British! Kington Langley Scarecrow Festival

Rating: 2

June 6th 2011

During June, the peaceful village of Kington Langley will be invaded by hordes of scarecrows, as Jan Seymour explains

Phil Spencer urges the nation to become ‘Karcher Clean’!

Rating: 3

April 8th 2011

Kärcher has joined forces with property expert, Phil Spencer, to launch ‘Kärcher CleanBritain’ – a campaign to encourage us to clean up our streets and meeting places for what’s set to be an exciting time for the nation...

The Photographer, the Film Star...and the Fabrics

Rating: 3

April 7th 2011

What is the connection between Cecil Beaton, Greta Garbo and the small town of Tisbury? Lesley Bates finds out

The Mews Launches in Dorchester

Rating: 2

April 6th 2011

the MEWS Dorchester is a new concept in shopping brought to you by Jean-Claude Gendre and Michael Delage-Pandeli.

The Mews is Launched in Dorchester

Rating: 2

April 6th 2011

Offering watches, antiques and jewellery, the MEWS Dorchester is a new concept in shopping brought to you by Jean-Claude Gendre and Michael Delage-Pandeli.

A Wander Through Malmesbury

Rating: 3

February 2nd 2011

A flying monk, the first king of England, and a tiger! This is an ancient and attractive town with some extraordinary tales to tell, as Wendy Searle discovers

City Inn Rebrands as Mint Hotel in Advance of Opening Two New Hotels

Rating: 2

December 21st 2010

City Inn has rebranded as Mint Hotel in advance of opening two new hotels in prime locations in London and Amsterdam nearly doubling the number of rooms. Mint Hotel will open a second London property of 583 rooms at the Tower of London...

Rare breed lambs at Coombe Bissett Down nature reserve in Wiltshire

Rating: 2

May 20th 2010

Bumper year for lambs helps restore chalk grasslands A walk among the wild flowers at Coombe Bissett Down nature reserve, near Salisbury, will be rewarded with the added interest of seeing rare breed lambs gambolling on the slopes

Canal Camps, Steppingstone Bridge, Wiltshire

Rating: 3

May 14th 2010

Canal Camps The Waterway Recovery Group celebrates 40 years of achievement in canal restoration, writes Jenny Black

Bill Dupre flies high in a town that was once the centre of UFO spotting in the UK, Warminster

Rating: 3

April 26th 2010

Warminster is a lively Wiltshire market town to the south-west of Salisbury Plain, at the head of the beautiful Wylye Valley. Its history dates from Saxon times, with surrounding countryside bearing witness to Iron Age settlements.

John Hannavy wonders what Cricklade did to upset William Cobbett

Rating: 3

April 26th 2010

William Cobbett, writing in his Rural Rides in 1821 was not impressed by Cricklade! ‘I passed through that villainous hole Cricklade about two hours ago’, he wrote, ‘and certainly a more rascally looking place I never set my eyes on’.

John Hannavy visits Corsham, which inspired Charles Dickens

Rating: 3

April 26th 2010

With its own annual festival, a thriving Civic Society, a busy Arts Centre, and long associations with the worlds of art and music, Corsham does indeed seem to offer a very active social life