Ashwick
Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells.
Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826. The parish had a population of 1,352 according to the 2011 census, and apart from Ashwick village also includes Gurney Slade, known for its limestone quarry, and Oakhill.
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Worth seeing in and around Ashwick
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in England and the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the education of children aged 11 to 18.
3 km · Benedictine monastery in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St James, Ashwick
The Church of St James in Ashwick, Somerset, England, is a church dating from 1881. It is a Grade I listed building, adjacent to Ashwick Court.
100 m · church in Ashwick, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Emborough
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Emborough, Somerset, England is medieval in origin but underwent extensive renovation in the 18th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.8 km · church in Emborough, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Vigor, Stratton-on-the-Fosse
The Anglican Church of St Vigor in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Saint Vigor was a French bishop and Christian missionary.
3.2 km · church in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St. Andrew, Holcombe
The Church of St Andrew near Holcombe, Somerset, England has late Saxon-early Norman origins and was rebuilt in the 15th/16th centuries. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.8 km · church in Holcombe, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Stoke Lane Slocker
Stoke Lane Slocker is a cave near Stoke St Michael, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in the English county of Somerset. It is 2.18 km in length and reaches a depth of 30m.
3.2 km · limestone cave in Somerset, England · Wikipedia - 07Church of the Holy Trinity
The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity, Binegar, Somerset, England is Norman but has been rebuilt and restored several times since. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.5 km · church in Binegar, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Ashwick Court
Ashwick Court is Grade II listed house on Heckley Lane northwest of Ashwick, in Mendip district, eastern Somerset, England, adjacent to the Church of St James. It is a country house, dating from the late 17th century and became a listed building on 2 June 1961.
200 m · building in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of St Michael
The Anglican Church of St Michael in Stoke St Michael, Somerset, England was built around 1400. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.9 km · church in Stoke St Michael, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Shatter Cave
Shatter Cave is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It falls within the St.
2.1 km · cave in Somerset, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ashwick
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 21 km · Cardiff (CWL), 60 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 145 km
- Stations
- Binegar railway station, 2.4 km · Masbury railway station, 3.6 km · Chilcompton railway station, 3.1 km
- Cardiff → Ashwick53 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £9–12
- London → Ashwick169 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · £18–24
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Ashwick145 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £15–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ashwick
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ashwick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Ashwick – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Ashwick
Ashwick is 25 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Stratton-on-the-Fossevillage in Somerset, England, UK2.7 km
- Holcombevillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Stoke St Michaelvillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom3.1 km
- Emboroughvillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Binegarvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK2.5 km
- Oakhillvillage in Somerset, England, UK1.2 km