Compton Dundon
Compton Dundon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, lying beside King's Sedgemoor and the Polden Hills, 5 miles (8 km) south of Glastonbury and 4 miles (6 km) north of Somerton.
Compton Dundon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, lying beside King's Sedgemoor and the Polden Hills, 5 miles (8 km) south of Glastonbury and 4 miles (6 km) north of Somerton. The village has a population of 705. The parish includes the small village of Dundon and the hamlet of Littleton.
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Worth seeing in and around Compton Dundon
5 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 St Andrew
The Anglican Church of St Andrew Compton Dundon, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
900 m · church in Dundon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Leonard, Butleigh
The Anglican Church Of St Leonard in Butleigh, within the English county of Somerset, was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.4 km · church in Butleigh, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Admiral Hood Monument
The Admiral Hood Monument is a memorial column to Sir Samuel Hood on a hill near Butleigh in the parish of Compton Dundon, Somerset, England. It was completed in 1831 to a design by Henry Goodridge.
1.9 km · memorial column on a hill near Butleigh, Compton Dundon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of All Saints
The Anglican Church of All Saints in Kingweston, Somerset, England was rebuilt between 1852 and 1855 by Charles Edmund Giles. It is a Grade II* listed building.
4 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Somerton Viaduct
The Somerton Viaduct is a historic railway viaduct in the town of Somerton in Somerset, England. It is situated on the Langport and Castle Cary Railway, known as the Castle Cary Cut-off, on the Reading to Taunton Line.
3.7 km · historic railway viaduct in Somerset, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Compton Dundon
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 32 km · Cardiff (CWL), 54 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 164 km
- Cardiff → Compton Dundon54 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £11–15
- London → Compton Dundon188 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · £19–26
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Compton Dundon166 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · £19–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Compton Dundon
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 Dundon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Compton Dundon
Compton Dundon is 41 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Butleighvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.9 km