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Buckland Dinham

Buckland Dinham is a small village near Frome in Somerset, England.

The place

Buckland Dinham is a small village near Frome in Somerset, England. The village has a population of 381. The village's main industry is farming, but the village is also a dormitory village for the nearby cities of Bath and Bristol.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Buckland Dinham

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.

  1. 01
    equestrian statue of Edward Horner

    The equestrian statue of Edward Horner stands inside St Andrew's Church in the village of Mells in Somerset, south-western England. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, as a memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War.

    3.6 km · memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Andrew's Church, Mells

    St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the village of Mells in the English county of Somerset. The church is a grade I listed building.

    3.6 km · church in Mells, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mells War Memorial

    Mells War Memorial is a First World War memorial by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the village of Mells in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, south-western England. Unveiled in 1921, the memorial is one of multiple buildings and structures Lutyens designed in Mells.

    3.6 km · war memorial in Mells, Somerset, England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of All Saints, Lullington

    The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Lullington, Somerset, England.

    2.7 km · church in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm

    The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Great Elm, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. In the 13th century the two-bay nave was lengthened, possibly when the tower was added around 1240.

    2.4 km · church in Great Elm, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Mary, Hemington

    St. Mary's Hemington is an Anglican church in Hemington, Somerset, England.

    3.3 km · church in Hemington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Michael, Buckland Dinham

    The Church of St Michael in Buckland Dinham, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church has a nave, chancel, south chapel and south porch which date from around 1200.

    300 m · church in Buckland Dinham, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Orchardleigh Lake

    Orchardleigh Lake is an 11.23-hectare artificial lake in the grounds of the Orchardleigh Estate, just north of Frome, Somerset, England. It was formed by damming a tributary of the River Frome.

    2.4 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Christ Church, Frome

    The Anglican Christ Church in Frome, Somerset, England, was built in 1817 and 1818. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    4 km · Grade II* listed building in Mendip · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St Mary

    The Anglican Church of St Mary in Laverton, Lullington, Somerset, England was built in the 11th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.6 km · church in Laverton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Buckland Dinham

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 29 km · Cardiff (CWL), 71 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 133 km
  • Cardiff → Buckland Dinham
    62 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £9–12
  • London → Buckland Dinham
    157 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £17–22
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Buckland Dinham
    139 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £16–21
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Buckland Dinham

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 Buckland Dinham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextBristol — with its many attractions situated around the floating harbour and Avon Gorge, is 12 miles drive or 15 minutes train journey away, and makes an excellent day trip from Bath.

From Wikivoyage: Bath, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    97 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    162 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    514 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    543 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    546 km

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Around it

Next door to Buckland Dinham

Buckland Dinham is 27 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Mellsvillage and civil parish in Somerset, UK3.6 km
  • Lullingtonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK2.8 km
  • Hemingtonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, UK3.3 km
  • Great Elmvillage and civil parish in Somerset, UK2.5 km