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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
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Church 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
  2. 02
    Church 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
  3. 03
    Charlton House

    Charlton House is a Grade II* listed house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset.

    3.6 km · house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church 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
  5. 05
    Church 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
  6. 06
    The 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
  7. 07
    Church 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
  8. 08
    Lytes 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
  9. 09
    The 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 → Babcary
    62 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £12–16
  • London → Babcary
    180 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £19–25
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Babcary
    166 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £17–23
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    101 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    144 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    530 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    537 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    566 km

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Around it

Next door to Babcary

Babcary is 45 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.