--- title: "Combe Florey – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Combe Florey, United Kingdom: Combe Florey is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Taunton, on the West…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/combe-florey" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/combe-florey.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Combe_Florey_-_Ridlers_652KTT_passing_Barton_467_%28JNN384%29_and_LT_RF13_%28LUC213%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled" --- Village and civil parish in Somerset, England · United Kingdom # Combe Florey Combe Florey is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Taunton, on the West Somerset Railway. ![Combe Florey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Combe_Florey_-_Ridlers_652KTT_passing_Barton_467_%28JNN384%29_and_LT_RF13_%28LUC213%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) Combe Florey · Geof Sheppard The place Combe Florey is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Taunton, on the West Somerset Railway. The village has a population of 261. The parish includes the hamlet of Eastcombe which is a linear settlement along the A358 Taunton-Wiliton Road. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combe_Florey), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Combe Florey 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. Church of St Lawrence, Lydeard St Lawrence The Anglican Church of St Lawrence in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, England dates from 1350 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The parish is part of the benefice of Bishops Lydeard with Lydeard St Lawrence, Bagborough, Combe Florey and Cothelstone within the archdeaconry of Taunton. 2.8 km · church in Lydeard St Lawrence, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Lawrence%27s_Church,_Lydeard_St_Lawrence) 2. Wills Neck Wills Neck is the highest summit on the Quantock Hills and one of the highest points in Somerset, England. Although only 1261 ft high, it qualifies as one of England's Marilyns. 3.8 km · hill in Somerset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wills_Neck) 3. Cothelstone Manor Cothelstone Manor in Cothelstone, Somerset, England was built in the mid-16th century, largely demolished by the parliamentary troops in 1646 and rebuilt by E.J. Esdaile in 1855–56. It is closely associated with the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, which is a Grade I listed building, and contains memorials to many of the owners of Cothelstone Manor including: Sir Matthew de Stawell, died 1379, and his wife Elizabeth, and John Stawell, died 1603. 2.7 km · manor house in Cothelstone, Somerset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cothelstone_Manor) 4. Church of St Mary, Bishops Lydeard The Church of St Mary in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th and 15th centuries and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. In 1860–62 the church was extended by one bay and a vestry, by Edward Jeboult of Taunton, added. 2.2 km · church in Bishops Lydeard, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Bishops_Lydeard) 5. Church of St Peter & St Paul The Church of St Peter & St Paul in Combe Florey, Somerset, England has some remains from the 13th century but is mostly from the 15th century and is designated as a Grade I listed building. The church is built of Old Red Sandstone with Hamstone around the windows and doorways. 600 m · church in Combe Florey, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter_%26_St_Paul,_Combe_Florey) 6. Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Cothelstone The romanesque red sandstone Church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Cothelstone, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It was largely restored in 1864. 2.7 km · church in Cothelstone, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Thomas_of_Canterbury,_Cothelstone) 7. Church of the Holy Trinity The Church of the Holy Trinity in Ash Priors, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II\* listed building. 2 km · church in Ash Priors, Somerset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Trinity,_Ash_Priors) 8. Sandhill Park Sandhill Park in the parish of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England is a derelict country house built in about 1720. It was used in the 20th century as a prisoner of war camp, a home for handicapped children and later as a military and civilian hospital. 1.6 km · country house in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_Park) 9. Bagborough House Bagborough House in West Bagborough, Somerset, England was built circa 1730. It was designated a Grade II\* listed building on 4 May 1984. 2.6 km · building in West Bagborough, Somerset West and Taunton, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagborough_House) 10. Lydeard House Lydeard House in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England was built in the mid 18th century. It is a Grade II\* listed building. 2 km · house in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydeard_House) 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. Go there ## Getting to Combe Florey **Airports:** Cardiff (CWL), 37 km · Bristol (BRS), 48 km · Birmingham (BHX), 183 km\ **Stations:** Bishops Lydeard railway station, 2.7 km · Crowcombe Heathfield railway station, 3.3 km\ - Bristol → Combe Florey 60 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £8–10 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-combe-florey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Combe+Florey) - London → Combe Florey 220 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · £23–31 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-combe-florey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Combe+Florey) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Combe Florey 184 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £21–28 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-combe-florey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Combe+Florey) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Combe%20Florey) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Combe Florey 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 Combe Florey. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Within 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/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. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 103 km 2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 140 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 500 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 516 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 552 km If you know how people move in Combe Florey – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ccombe-florey&title=Combe+Florey&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fcombe-florey), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Combe Florey Combe Florey is 45 km from [Cardiff](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cardiff), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Bishops Lydeard](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bishops-lydeard) village in Somerset, England, UK 2.2 km - [Lydeard St Lawrence](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lydeard-st-lawrence) village in Somerset, England, UK 3.2 km - [Ash Priors](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ash-priors) village and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom 2.1 km - [Halse](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/halse) village and civil parish in Taunton Deane, Somerset, England 3.9 km - [West Bagborough](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-bagborough) village and civil parish in Somerset, England 2.5 km - [Cothelstone](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cothelstone) village and civil parish in Somerset, UK 3 km [The place page for Combe Florey](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/combe-florey) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/combe-florey, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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