Great Elm
Great Elm is a village and civil parish between Mells and Frome in Somerset, England.
Great Elm is a village and civil parish between Mells and Frome in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Hapsford. In 2011 the parish had a population of 171.
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Worth seeing in and around Great Elm
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.
- 01Nunney Castle
Nunney Castle is a medieval castle at Nunney in the English county of Somerset. Built in the late 14th century by Sir John Delamare on the profits of his involvement in the Hundred Years' War, the moated castle's architectural style, possibly influenced by the design of French castles, has provoked considerable academic debate.
3.6 km · medieval castle in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02equestrian statue of Edward Horner
The equestrian statue of Edward Horner stands inside St Andrew's Church in the village of Mells in Somerset, south-western England. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, as a memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War.
1.9 km · memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War · Wikipedia - 03Church of St John the Baptist, Frome
The Church of St John the Baptist, Frome is a parish church in the Church of England in Frome within the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.2 km · church in Frome, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Andrew's Church, Mells
St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the village of Mells in the English county of Somerset. The church is a grade I listed building.
1.9 km · church in Mells, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Michael, Buckland Dinham
The Church of St Michael in Buckland Dinham, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church has a nave, chancel, south chapel and south porch which date from around 1200.
2.2 km · church in Buckland Dinham, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Mells War Memorial
Mells War Memorial is a First World War memorial by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the village of Mells in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, south-western England. Unveiled in 1921, the memorial is one of multiple buildings and structures Lutyens designed in Mells.
1.8 km · war memorial in Mells, Somerset, England · Wikipedia - 07Church of All Saints, Nunney
The Church of All Saints at Nunney, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century. It was probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon or Norman church from which a Saxon cross and Norman font can still be seen.
3.6 km · church in Nunney, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm
The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Great Elm, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. In the 13th century the two-bay nave was lengthened, possibly when the tower was added around 1240.
200 m · church in Great Elm, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Orchardleigh Lake
Orchardleigh Lake is an 11.23-hectare artificial lake in the grounds of the Orchardleigh Estate, just north of Frome, Somerset, England. It was formed by damming a tributary of the River Frome.
3.5 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Rook Lane Chapel
Rook Lane Chapel was a place of worship, and is now an arts centre, in Frome, Somerset, England. Built in 1707 by James Pope the chapel was the place of worship for nonconformists.
3.1 km · arts centre (formerly a chapel) in Frome, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Great Elm
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 29 km · Cardiff (CWL), 70 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 135 km
- Cardiff → Great Elm63 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £10–13
- London → Great Elm158 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £17–22
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Great Elm141 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £16–22
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Great Elm
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 Great Elm. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBrittany Ferries provide vehicle and foot passenger services to and from northern Spain, the Normandy ports of Caen and Cherbourg, and St.
- Get inCondor Ferries provide services normally from Poole to the Channel Islands and St Malo.
- Get aroundMinibuses , Paddock Wood, Bradley Road, BA12 7JY.
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Next door to Great Elm
Great Elm is 29 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Frometown and civil parish in eastern Somerset, England, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Mellsvillage and civil parish in Somerset, UK1.7 km
- Nunneyvillage and civil parish near Frome, Somerset, England3.9 km
- Buckland Dinhamvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.5 km
- Whatleyvillage and civil parish in Mendip, Somerset, United Kingdom2 km