Babcary
Babcary is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Somerton and 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Castle Cary.

Babcary is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Somerton and 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Castle Cary. The village has a population of 248. It lies close to the River Cary and the A37. The parish includes the hamlet of Foddington.
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Worth seeing in and around Babcary
9 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.
- 01Church of St Peter
The Church of St Peter in Lydford-on-Fosse, Somerset, England was built in 1846. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.4 km · church in West Lydford, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Lovington, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.9 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Charlton House
Charlton House is a Grade II* listed house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset.
3.6 km · house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary
The Anglican Church of St Mary in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · church in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of the Holy Cross
The Anglican Church of the Holy Cross in Babcary, Somerset, England, was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
500 m · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06The Court
The Court is a Grade II* listed house, and former rectory, in Charlton Mackrell, in Somerset, England.
3.7 km · house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Peter and St Paul
The Church of St Peter and St Paul at Charlton Adam in the parish of Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England has 14th-century origins, however most of the current building is from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3 km · church in Charlton Adam, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Lytes Cary
Lytes Cary is a manor house with associated chapel and gardens near Charlton Mackrell and Somerton in Somerset, England. The property, owned by the National Trust, has parts dating to the 14th century, with other sections dating to the 15th, 16th, 18th, and 20th centuries.
3.7 km · Grade I listed manor house in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09The Abbey, Charlton Adam
The Abbey is a Grade I listed building in Somerset, England. Built on the site of a 12th-century chapel, which might be incorporated in fragments, the main building dates to the 16th century.
3 km · Grade I listed English country house in Charlton Mackrell, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Babcary
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 37 km · Cardiff (CWL), 63 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 157 km
- Stations
- Charlton Mackrell railway station, 3.6 km
- Cardiff → Babcary62 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £12–16
- London → Babcary180 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £19–25
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Babcary166 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Babcary
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 Babcary. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Babcary
Babcary is 45 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Lydford-on-Fossevillage in Somerset, England, UK2 km
- Keinton Mandevillevillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK2.8 km
- Lovingtonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK3.6 km
- West Camelvillage and civil parish in south Somerset, England3.8 km
- Charlton Mackrellvillage in Somerset, UK4 km