East Brent
East Brent is a village and civil parish, 5 miles (8 km) west of Axbridge, Somerset, in the south-west of England.
East Brent is a village and civil parish, 5 miles (8 km) west of Axbridge, Somerset, in the south-west of England. The village lies on the north-eastern edge of Brent Knoll, a hill that dominates the surrounding level countryside, and is close to the M5 motorway. The parish includes the hamlets of Rooksbridge and Edingworth, and had a population of 1,404 at the 2021 census.
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Worth seeing in and around East Brent
4 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 Christopher, Lympsham
The Church of St Christopher in Lympsham, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It is known that Bartholomew de England was appointed rector at Lympsham in 1274, although the parish had been given by Ine of Wessex to Glastonbury Abbey in 690 remaining part of the Abbey estates until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
2.4 km · church in Lympsham, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Mary, East Brent
The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin is a Church of England parish church in East Brent, Somerset, England. It was built in the 15th century is a Grade I listed building.
400 m · church in East Brent, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Michael, Brent Knoll
The Church of St Michael at Brent Knoll, Somerset, England dates from the 11th century but has undergone several extensions and renovations since then. It has been designated as a grade I listed building.
1.8 km · church in Brent Knoll, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St John the Baptist
The Anglican Church of St John The Baptist in Biddisham within the parish of Badgeworth, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · church in Biddisham, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to East Brent
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 20 km · Cardiff (CWL), 32 km · Birmingham (BHX), 155 km
- London → East Brent197 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · £22–29
- Birmingham, West Midlands → East Brent153 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £16–22
- Luton, Luton → East Brent187 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · £24–32
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No local-transport research exists yet for East Brent
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 East Brent. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in East Brent – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to East Brent
East Brent is 29 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Brent Knollvillage in Somerset, England2 km
- Lympshamvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.8 km
- Burnham Withoutcivil parish in Somerset, England, United Kingdom3.6 km
- Edithmeadvillage in Burnham Without, Somerset, England3.4 km