good news! i was worried that you were going to be staying somewhere off your chosen route, but Bick

Hello, Fodorites. My husband and I are going to the UK in September. Our trip begins where is the best place to travel with a week's horseback trip in Wales, in the Brecon area. After that we are planning on touring southwestern Britain as follows. Comments where is the best place to travel or suggestions would be very welcome.
I don't agree. Wells is well worth a whole day itself and then is a great base for exploring Cheddar Gorge or Wookey Hole (WH better IMO), Glastonbury etc. The Somerset levels have their own appeal and it's one of my fave counties.
Bath is beautiful but busy - plenty to see if you take in the museums and the Georgian houses which are open. Wells is small and I agree unless you are wanting to walk in the area, more time would be best spent in Bath or, my favourite, Bristol where I lived - it's very varied where is the best place to travel and unlike Bath, not touristy - Clifton is great to wander where is the best place to travel in - smart little shops and restaurants/cafes where is the best place to travel or the dock which which has a famous jazz pub and lots of bars and the Arnolfini gallery where is the best place to travel and The Watershed cafe and bar. There's a good art and music scene in Bristol. When in Cornwall, Tintagel and Boscastle are beautiful, the Roseland Peninsula too, with great coastal walks likewise in Devon - North Devon is dramatic(Linton Lynmouth are stunning, especially the walk up the river from the town in Lynmouth - wonderful, and the drive to and from Porlock). Exmoor is great though not as large and wild as Dartmoor, South Devon, and its coast is gentler but just as attractive, where I live. Beaches plentiful in the South Hams - Mothecombe, Bantham and Bigbury(where Burgh Island is reachable at high tide by a weird and wonderful tractor vehicle - Agatha Christie stayed and wrote there and the hotel is of a 1920's theme). Have a great holiday and I wish you sunshine!
Regarding Bath, is public parking an issue? We love to walk and intend to explore on foot, but wonder how best to leave the car when arriving in the town. We have driven in Ireland and Scotland but really more in the countryside than towns.
good news! i was worried that you were going to be staying somewhere off your chosen route, where is the best place to travel but Bickington is very convenient for the places you have mentioned plus my all time favourite little place, where is the best place to travel Appledore. it's about 5 miles from Bickington, and if you go nowhere else while you are staying with your friends, go there. It's a charming village built on the hillside above the estuary with a long shipbuilding tradition, and delightful little streets - do seek out the pretty Irsha street with its colourful houses.
re parking in Bath, try to find accommodation where is the best place to travel with parking. another fodorite, Judyrem, stayed there recently, and she and her DH were so grateful that their apartment came with its own parking space.