Bradford Abbas
Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England, on the border with Somerset.
Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England, on the border with Somerset. The village is 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Yeovil and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Sherborne. The parish includes the small settlement of Saxon Maybank to the north, and had a population of 975 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Bradford Abbas
7 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 John the Baptist, Yeovil
The Church of St John the Baptist in Yeovil, Somerset, is a Church of England parish church. The church was built between 1380 and 1405, but was renovated in the 1850s.
3.5 km · church in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02The Old Police Station
The Town House is a municipal building in Union Street in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Yeovil Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.3 km · town hall in Yeovil, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Yeovil Railway Centre
The Yeovil Railway Centre is a small railway museum at Yeovil Junction on the L&SWR West of England Main Line between Salisbury and Exeter in the U.K. It was created in 1993, in response to British Rail's decision to remove the turntable from Yeovil Junction. Approximately 1⁄4 mile of track along the Clifton Maybank spur is used for demonstration trains.
1.8 km · railway museum in Stoford, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
The Anglican Church of St Mary Magdalene in Barwick, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Ninesprings
Ninesprings is a country park situated in the south east of Yeovil, Somerset, the United Kingdom. It is the largest country park in South Somerset, spanning over 20 acres.
3.2 km · country park near Yeovil, Somerset, England · Wikipedia - 06Parish Church of St Michael
St Michael's Church is a Church of England church in Over Compton, Dorset, England. The church dates to the 15th-century, with later additions and restorations.
2.5 km · Grade I listed church in Over Compton, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Newton Surmaville
Newton Surmaville is a 15,129-square-foot stately home with gardens and a park south of Yeovil, Somerset in the district of South Somerset, in England. It lies just outside the town in the parish of Barwick.
2.4 km · Grade I listed country house in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bradford Abbas
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 51 km · Cardiff (CWL), 74 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 160 km
- Stations
- Yeovil Junction railway station, 1.8 km · Yetminster railway station, 3.7 km · Thornford railway station, 2 km · Yeovil Pen Mill railway station, 2.6 km · Yeovil Town railway station, 2.9 km
- Bristol → Bradford Abbas59 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £7–10
- Cardiff → Bradford Abbas74 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £14–18
- London → Bradford Abbas183 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £19–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bradford Abbas
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 Bradford Abbas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Bradford Abbas
Bradford Abbas is 59 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Yeoviltown in Somerset, England, UK3.9 km
- Yetminstervillage in Dorset, England, UK3.7 km
- Beer Hackettvillage in Dorset, England, UK2.9 km
- Ryme Intrinsecavillage and civil parish in Dorset, England3.7 km
- Thornfordvillage and civil parish in Dorset. United Kingdom2.2 km
- Over Comptonvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom2.3 km