Croscombe

Worth seeing in and around Croscombe

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
   Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shepton Mallet

   The Church of St Peter and St Paul in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. There is evidence of a church on the site from before the Norman Conquest of 1066, and the font may date from that time.

   2.4 km · church in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Charlton Viaduct

   Charlton Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in south-west England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   3.3 km · bridge in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Michael, Dinder

   The Anglican Church of St Michael in Dinder, Somerset, England has Norman origins and was built in the 14th century before being rebuilt in the 15th. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   2.1 km · church in Dinder, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Shepton Mallet Market Cross

   The Market Cross in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England was built around 1500 and rebuilt in 1841. It is a Grade II* listed building, and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.

   2.4 km · market cross in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   26, 26B And 27, Kilver Street

   Kilver Court is a historic house and gardens in Shepton Mallet in the English county of Somerset. The River Sheppey powered textile mills and it later became a factory, the headquarters of the Showerings brewing business, and then the headquarters of a leather-goods manufacturer, Mulberry.

   3.1 km · house in Shepton Mallet, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Shambles

   The Shambles is a Grade II listed monument located in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. It is a twentieth-century reconstruction of butcher's market stalls that once lined the market place at Shepton Mallet.

   2.4 km · building in Shepton Mallet, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St John the Baptist

   The Church of St John the Baptist in Pilton, Somerset, England, dates from the 11th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The present Norman and Medieval structure, may stand on the site of an earlier wattle and daub church built by the early missionaries.

   3.8 km · church in Pilton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of St Mary the Virgin, Croscombe

   The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Croscombe, Somerset, England, is primarily from the 15th and 16th centuries with 19th-century restoration. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

   600 m · church in Croscombe, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Shepton Mallet

   Hobbs Quarry is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1984. This disused quarry, which now forms the back of a builders merchants yard, is a Geological Conservation Review Site which demonstrates early Jurassic transgression, with steeply-dipping Carboniferous Limestone being overlain by flatter-lying massive limestones known as the Downside Stone.

   2.5 km · Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Merchant's House, Shepton Mallet

    The Merchant's House at Number 8, Market Place, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England was built around 1675 and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The date of construction was confirmed by dendrochronology.

    2.5 km · historic site in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Croscombe

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 23 km · Cardiff (CWL), 58 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 150 km

Stations

Shepton Mallet (High Street) railway station, 2.5 km · Masbury railway station, 2.8 km · Shepton Mallet (Charlton Road) railway station, 3.5 km

• Cardiff → Croscombe

  52 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £9–12
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• London → Croscombe

  175 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £18–24
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Croscombe

  150 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · £16–21
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