Kingsdon, Somerset
Kingsdon is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Somerton.

Kingsdon is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Somerton. The village has a population of 303 but this is set to rise to around 350 once the Kingsdon Manor development is complete. The majority of the houses in the village are clustered on the side of the hill from which there are scenic views across the Somerset countryside.
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Worth seeing in and around Kingsdon, 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.
- 01Church of St Andrew, Northover
The Anglican Church of St Andrew, Northover, in Ilchester, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. Today it is part of the parish of Ilchester with Northover, one of the three parishes which constitute the Ilchester District Churches [1].
3.4 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Michael and All Angels, Somerton
The Church of St Michael and All Angels in Somerton, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.2 km · church in Somerton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Peter
The Church of St Peter at Podimore in the parish of Yeovilton, Somerset, England, dates from the early 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church is built on the site of a previous building which is recorded in the Domesday Book from which time it was under the control of Glastonbury Abbey, who held the advowson until the dissolution of the monasteries.
3.4 km · church in Podimore, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of All Saints
The Church of All Saints in Kingsdon, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
300 m · church in Kingsdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Mary Major
The Anglican Church of St Mary Major in Ilchester, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
4 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Pill Bridge
Pill Bridge is a stone arch bridge over the River Yeo between the parishes of Ilchester and Long Sutton, in the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument.
3.4 km · bridge in Long Sutton, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07The Town Hall
Ilchester Town Hall is a municipal building on High Street in Ilchester, Somerset, England. The structure serves as the offices and meeting place of Ilchester Parish Council and is a Grade II listed building.
3.9 km · building in Ilchester, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Ilchester Museum
Ilchester Museum is a small local museum in Ilchester, Somerset, England. The museum is based in a former private house, known as the Town Hall House.
3.9 km · local museum in Somerset, England · Wikipedia - 09Charlton House
Charlton House is a Grade II* listed house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset.
3 km · house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Mary
The Anglican Church of St Mary in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.3 km · church in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kingsdon, Somerset
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 39 km · Cardiff (CWL), 61 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 163 km
- Stations
- Charlton Mackrell railway station, 2.6 km
- Cardiff → Kingsdon, Somerset61 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £12–16
- London → Kingsdon, Somerset186 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £19–25
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Kingsdon, Somerset170 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £19–26
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kingsdon, 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 Kingsdon, Somerset. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Kingsdon, Somerset
Kingsdon, Somerset is 47 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Somertontown in Somerset, England3.6 km
- Ilchestervillage and civil parish in Somerset, England3.9 km
- Charlton Mackrellvillage in Somerset, UK2.2 km
- Northoversuburb in Ilchester, Somerset, England3.4 km