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Hemington, Somerset

Hemington is a village and civil parish 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north west of Frome, in the county of Somerset, England.

The place

Hemington is a village and civil parish 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north west of Frome, in the county of Somerset, England. It is located just off the A366 between Trowbridge and Radstock. The parish includes the villages of Hardington, Faulkland and Foxcote.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hemington, Somerset

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
    equestrian 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.

    3.9 km · memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St 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.

    3.9 km · church in Mells, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Margaret's Church, Babington

    The Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building, adjacent to Babington House in Babington, Somerset, England. The church is owned and operated by the St Margaret's, Babington, Charitable Trust, which is completely independent of the management of Babington House.

    3.2 km · church in Babington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church 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.

    3.3 km · church in Buckland Dinham, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon

    The Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, dates back to the Norman period, though much of the current structure was built during the 15th and 16th centuries and restored in the Victorian era. It is a Grade I listed building.

    3.3 km · church in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Mary, Hemington

    St. Mary's Hemington is an Anglican church in Hemington, Somerset, England.

    200 m · church in Hemington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Babington House

    Babington House is a Grade II* listed manor house, located in the village of Babington, between Radstock and Frome, in the county of Somerset, England. Converted to a private members' club and hotel by Nick Jones, it is currently owned by Soho House Ltd.

    3.2 km · Grade II* listed country house in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Mells Manor

    Mells Manor at Mells, Somerset, England, was built in the 16th century for Edward Horner, altered in the 17th century, partially demolished around 1780, and restored by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the 20th century. The house, along with the garden walls, has been designated as a Grade I listed building, and is closely associated with the adjacent Church of St Andrew.

    3.9 km · Grade I listed house in Mells, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church of St James the Less

    The Anglican Church of St James The Less in Foxcote, within the English county of Somerset, was rebuilt in the early 18th century incorporating a 15th-century bell turret. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.7 km · church in Foxcote, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Ammerdown House

    Ammerdown House in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, was built in 1788. It has been designated as Grade I listed building.

    1.8 km · Grade I listed country house in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hemington, Somerset

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 25 km · Cardiff (CWL), 67 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 136 km
Stations
Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt railway station, 2.6 km
  • Cardiff → Hemington, Somerset
    60 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £10–13
  • London → Hemington, Somerset
    158 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · £17–23
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Hemington, Somerset
    137 km · quickest by road, 3h · £16–21
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hemington, Somerset

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 Hemington, Somerset. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Bath, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    100 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    159 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    511 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    540 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    547 km

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Around it

Next door to Hemington, Somerset

Hemington, Somerset is 24 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.