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Batcombe, Somerset

Batcombe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the steep valley of the River Alham 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet and 26 miles (42 km) south of Bristol.

The place

Batcombe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the steep valley of the River Alham 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet and 26 miles (42 km) south of Bristol. The parish has a population of 439. Batcombe village is at the heart of the parish, which also includes the hamlets of Westcombe, Spargrove and Eastcombe.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Batcombe, Somerset

6 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 Mary, Wanstrow

    The Anglican Church Of St Mary in Wanstrow, within the English county of Somerset, was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.6 km · Grade II* listed church in Wanstrow, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St James

    The Anglican Church of St James in Milton Clevedon, within the English county of Somerset, was rebuilt in 1790. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.6 km · church in Milton Clevedon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Mary Magdalene

    The Anglican Church Of St Mary and St John in Upton Noble, within the English county of Somerset, was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    1.6 km · church in Upton Noble, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Mary

    The Anglican Church of St Mary in Chesterblade, Somerset, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.9 km · church in Chesterblade, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St Mary the Virgin, Batcombe

    The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in Batcombe, Somerset, England. Dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, it was restored in the 19th century and has since been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.

    800 m · church in Batcombe, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Southill House, Cranmore

    Southill House in Cranmore, Somerset, England, is an early 18th-century manor house. It was given a new facade by John Wood, the Younger, of Bath, in the late 18th century.

    4 km · building in Cranmore, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Batcombe, Somerset

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 32 km · Cardiff (CWL), 69 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 142 km
  • Cardiff → Batcombe, Somerset
    63 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £10–13
  • London → Batcombe, Somerset
    166 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £17–23
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Batcombe, Somerset
    153 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £18–24
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Batcombe, Somerset

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 Batcombe, Somerset. 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

    95 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    156 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    523 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    543 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    557 km

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Next door to Batcombe, Somerset

Batcombe, Somerset is 35 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.