The cottage's kitchen is being opened to the public for the first time The Somerset cottage which was home to poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is to reopen after a £175,000 revamp. Coleridge Cottage has ...

Walkers can now follow in the footsteps of romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge by taking a route from Nether Stowey to Porlock. You can retrace the poet's footsteps from the Quantocks to Exmoor on ...

When, in 1796, Tom Poole, a comfortably-off and philanthropic tanner, invited a struggling poet friend of his to come and live next to him in his village in Somerset, little did he know that he would ...

The cottage gives visitors a chance to dress in period clothing and try skills such as writing with quills and ink Fans of the romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge are being sought to offer visitors ...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Siegfried Sassoon were leading lights of English literature. Now, two houses where they lived, loved and wrote are up for sale. Sarah Lonsdale and Fiona McWilliam wax ...

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Become part of our close-knit community of volunteers and help bring Coleridge Cottage to life. Whether it’s sharing the stories of the cottage, tending to the garden that inspired Coleridge’s poetry, ...

GETTING THERE: Nether Stowey is 160 miles southwest of London, about a 2 1/2-hour drive. By car, take the M4 west to Bristol, then the M5 south. Take Exit 23 and head south on the A38 to Bridgwater ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 1797, Wordsworth and his adored sister Dorothy lived for a little over a year as Somerset neighbours to ...

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The Somerset cottage which was home to poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is to reopen after a £175,000 revamp. Coleridge Cottage has been decorated in the 18th Century decor the poet was accustomed to and ...