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Kingsdon, Somerset

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

Kingsdon, Somerset
Kingsdon, Somerset · Wikimedia Commons
The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Church 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
  2. 02
    Church 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
  3. 03
    Church 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
  4. 04
    Church 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
  5. 05
    Church 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
  6. 06
    Pill 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
  7. 07
    The 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
  8. 08
    Ilchester 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
  9. 09
    Charlton House

    Charlton House is a Grade II* listed house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset.

    3 km · house in Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

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, Somerset
    61 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £12–16
  • London → Kingsdon, Somerset
    186 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £19–25
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Kingsdon, Somerset
    170 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £19–26
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Not yet researched

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.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    105 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    139 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    530 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    534 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    566 km

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Around it

Next door to Kingsdon, Somerset

Kingsdon, Somerset is 47 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.