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Cheddon Fitzpaine

Cheddon Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the Quantock Hills 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Taunton.

Cheddon Fitzpaine
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The place

Cheddon Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the Quantock Hills 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Taunton. The village is situated near the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, and the River Tone and has a population of 1,929.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Cheddon Fitzpaine

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
    County Ground

    The County Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as Cooper Associates County Ground, is a cricket ground in Taunton, Somerset. It is the home of Somerset County Cricket Club, who have played there since 1882.

    3 km · cricket ground in Taunton, Somerset, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Mary Magdalene, Taunton

    Taunton Minster is a Church of England parish minster church in Taunton, Somerset, England, dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. It was completed in 1508 and is in the Early Tudor Perpendicular Gothic style.

    3.3 km · church in Taunton, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Taunton Castle

    Taunton Castle is a castle built to defend the town of Taunton, Somerset, England. It has origins in the Anglo Saxon period and was later the site of a priory.

    3.8 km · fortified castle in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Masonic Hall

    The Masonic Hall in Taunton, Somerset, is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building. It was originally built in the early 19th century as St George's Chapel, the first Roman Catholic chapel open for public worship in Taunton since the Reformation.

    3.8 km · building in Taunton, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Hestercombe House

    Hestercombe House is a historic country house in the parish of Cheddon Fitzpaine in the Quantock Hills, near Taunton in Somerset, England. The house is a Grade II* listed building and the estate is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.

    1.1 km · Grade II* listed building in Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St George's Roman Catholic Church, Taunton

    The Church of St George is a Roman Catholic church in Taunton, Somerset, which dates from the mid-19th century. It was the second Catholic church to be built in Taunton after the Reformation, replacing the much smaller St George's Chapel.

    3.6 km · church in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre

    Taunton Brewhouse is the largest theatre and arts centre in Taunton, the county town of Somerset, England. The theatre opened on 28 March 1977, on the banks of the River Tone, and offers a 352-seat auditorium, a 60-seat studio space for performances, classes and conferences, and an exhibition space.

    3.2 km · theatre and arts centre in Taunton, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Hestercombe Gardens

    Hestercombe Gardens is a garden complex situated on the grounds of Hestercombe House in the southwestern English county of Somerset. The entire garden complex comprises three individual gardens from different stylistic periods.

    1.1 km · Garden in West Monkton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church of St Augustine, West Monkton

    The Church of St Augustine in West Monkton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The parish church has an 88 feet tower, of four stories, with no pinnacles or fancy tracery on the windows, giving the tower a slender, austere look compared to the medieval Somerset towers of churches in nearby Taunton, for example.

    2.2 km · church in West Monkton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St George

    The Church of St George in Ruishton, Somerset, England was built in the 14th to 16th centuries and has been designated as a grade I listed building. The south chapel was built in the 14th and 15th centuries.

    3.3 km · church in Ruishton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Cheddon Fitzpaine

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 43 km · Bristol (BRS), 45 km · Birmingham (BHX), 182 km
Stations
Taunton railway station, 2.7 km
  • Cardiff → Cheddon Fitzpaine
    49 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £11–15
  • Bristol → Cheddon Fitzpaine
    57 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–9
  • London → Cheddon Fitzpaine
    212 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · £22–30
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cheddon Fitzpaine

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inWithin the West Country itself are two seaports offering international ferry services: Plymouth receives ferries from Roscoff and St Malo in France, and Santander in Spain, while Poole receives ferries from Cherbourg and St Malo in France, plus Santander and the Channel Islands.

From Wikivoyage: West Country, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    112 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    131 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    509 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    522 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    558 km

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Around it

Next door to Cheddon Fitzpaine

Cheddon Fitzpaine is 49 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.