Compton Dando
Compton Dando is a small village and civil parish on the River Chew in the affluent Chew Valley in England.
Compton Dando is a small village and civil parish on the River Chew in the affluent Chew Valley in England. It is in the Bath and North East Somerset council area and ceremonial county of Somerset, and lies 7 miles (11.3 km) from Bristol, 8 miles (12.9 km) from Bath, and 3 miles (4.8 km) from Keynsham.
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Worth seeing in and around Compton Dando
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.
- 01Church of All Saints, Publow
The Church of All Saints in Publow, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century, and has a 15th-century tower with gargoyles. The pulpit is Jacobean.
2.5 km · church in Publow, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Leonard, Chelwood
The Church of St. Leonard is a redundant church in Chelwood, Somerset, England.
2.4 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Thomas à Becket Church, Pensford
St Thomas à Becket Church in Pensford, Somerset in southwest England, dates from the 14th century and was active in 1341, although only the tower remains from that date, the rest of the church having been rebuilt in 1868 by Giles and Robinson Architects. The church was reconsecrated in 1869.
3.2 km · church in Pensford, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Margaret, Queen Charlton
The Anglican Church of St Margaret in Queen Charlton, Somerset, England, dates from the late 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.
2.7 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Lawrence, Stanton Prior
The Anglican Church of St Lawrence in Stanton Prior, Somerset, England, has its origins in the 12th century but is mainly 15th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.
3.5 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Saltford Manor House
The Saltford Manor is a stone house in Saltford, Somerset, near Bath, that is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The original Norman construction was by William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester between 1148 and 1150, and was built on an estate owned at the time of the Domesday Book by Geoffrey de Montbray the Bishop of Coutances.
4 km · house in Saltford, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Pensford Viaduct
Pensford Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in the village of Pensford, within the historic English county of Somerset, now unitary authority Bath and North East Somerset. It is a Grade II listed building.
3.3 km · grade II listed bridge in Publow, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08
- 09Hunstrete Lake
Hunstrete Lake is a mature lake of 5 acres. Two new lakes of 3.5 acres were constructed alongside in the 1990s.
2.5 km · lake in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Keynsham Civic Centre
Keynsham Civic Centre is a municipal building in Keynsham, a town in Somerset, in England. The complex includes a library and community centre building known as Keynsham Town Hall.
3.8 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Compton Dando
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 15 km · Cardiff (CWL), 58 km · Birmingham (BHX), 130 km
- Cardiff → Compton Dando47 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £8–10
- London → Compton Dando166 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £17–23
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Compton Dando130 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Compton Dando
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 Compton Dando. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Compton Dando
Compton Dando is 10 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Keynshamtown and civil parish in Somerset, England3.8 km
- Pensfordvillage in the civil parish of Publow with Pensford in Somerset, England3 km
- Marksburyvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England3.1 km
- Chelwoodvillage and civil parish in Somerset, UK3.1 km
- Publowvillage and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, England2.9 km
- Burnettvillage in Somerset, United Kingdom1.6 km