Chilton Polden

Worth seeing in and around Chilton Polden

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
   Polden Hills

   The Polden Hills in Somerset, England, are a long, low ridge, extending for 10 miles, and separated from the Mendip Hills, to which they are nearly parallel, by a marshy tract known as the Somerset Levels. They are now bisected at their western end by the M5 motorway and a railway, the Bristol and Exeter Railway, part of the Great Western Main Line.

   1.9 km · small hill range in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St Mary, Woolavington

   The Church of St Mary in Woolavington, Somerset, England has 11th-century origins and is a Grade I listed building.

   3.3 km · church in Woolavington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Mary, Moorlinch

   The Church of St Mary in Moorlinch, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church sits on the southern flank of the Polden Hills.

   3.7 km · church in Moorlinch, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St Mary, Chedzoy

   The Anglican Church of St Mary in Chedzoy, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. There is evidence of a Church in Chedzoy in 1166 when it was given along with the parent church in North Petherton to Buckland Priory.

   3.9 km · church in Chedzoy, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sutton Mallet Church

   Sutton Mallet Church in the village of Sutton Mallet, which is within the parish of Stawell, Somerset, England, was built in 1827 incorporating elements of a 15th-century church on the site. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   2.7 km · grade II listed church in Stawell, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Mary

   The Anglican Church of St Mary in Cossington within the English county of Somerset was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   1.9 km · church in Cossington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Michael and All Angels

   The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels in Bawdrip, Somerset, England was built in the late 13th or early 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   3.3 km · church in Bawdrip, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Chilton Priory

   Chilton Priory is a Grade II listed folly, later extended to become a country house prominently located on Polden Hill, overlooking Bath Road, close to Chilton Polden, Parish of Polden Wheel, Somerset. The tower was erected in 1838 for William Stradling, deputy lieutenant of Somerset and a descendant of the local Stradling family who date back to the fourteenth century.

   800 m · folly tower and mansion in Chilton Polden, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St Francis, Stawell

   The Anglican Church of St Francis in Stawell, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   1.5 km · church in Stawell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of St Peter, Catcott

    The Anglican Church of St Peter in Catcott, Somerset, England dates predominantly from the 15th century, but still includes some minor 13th century work, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was formerly one of the Polden Chapels held under Moorlinch, it was adjudged in 1548 to have been a chantry chapel and thus liable to closure and sale by Edward VI's commissioners.

    2 km · church in Catcott, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Chilton Polden

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 28 km · Cardiff (CWL), 41 km · Birmingham (BHX), 165 km

Stations

Bawdrip Halt railway station, 3.2 km · Cossington railway station, 2 km

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  41 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £10–13
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  196 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · £21–27
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Chilton Polden

  163 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £17–23
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