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Lamyatt

Lamyatt is a village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England.

The place

Lamyatt is a village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) south east of Shepton Mallet, 2 miles (3 km) north east of Castle Cary, and 3 miles (5 km) south of Evercreech. The parish has a population of 183.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Lamyatt

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
    Bow Bridge

    Bow Bridge is a 15th-century packhorse bridge over the River Brue in Plox, Bruton, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building, and Scheduled Ancient Monument.

    2.9 km · packhorse bridge in Bruton, Somerset, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Peter

    The Church of St Peter in Evercreech, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building. The three-stage tower has set-back buttresses ascending to pinnacles, with a very tall transomed two-light bell-chamber with windows on each face The embattled parapet has quatrefoil piercing, with big corner pinnacles and smaller intermediate pinnacles.

    3.1 km · parish church in Evercreech, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Bruton Dovecote

    The Bruton Dovecote is a limestone tower that was built between the 15th and 17th century in Bruton in the English county of Somerset. The structure was once used as a dovecote, and may have been a watchtower or prospect tower prior to this.

    3 km · limestone tower in Bruton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of All Saints, Castle Cary

    All Saints Church in Castle Cary in the English county of Somerset dates from 1470 and is notable for its high steeple. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.9 km · church in Castle Cary, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Sexey's Hospital

    Hugh Sexey's Hospital in Bruton, Somerset, England was built around 1630 as almshouses. The West Wing and chapel have been designated as a Grade I listed building.

    2.8 km · Grade I listed building in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Mary and St John

    The Anglican Church Of St Mary and St John in Lamyatt, within the English county of Somerset, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    800 m · church in Lamyatt, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat

    The Church of St Mary Magdalene is the Church of England parish church for the village of Ditcheat, Somerset, England. There has been a church on the site since 824, and the present building owes much of its grandeur to the Abbots of Glastonbury.

    3.1 km · church in Ditcheat, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of the Holy Trinity

    The Church of the Holy Trinity in Wyke Champflower, Bruton, Somerset, England, dates from 1623 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. A wooden tympanum between the nave and chancel bears the 1624 Royal Arms, the arms of the then Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

    1.4 km · church in Wyke Champflower, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hadspen house and garden

    Hadspen House of Hadspen, Somerset, England is built of Cary stone, mined from Hadspen Quarry. The stone is a soft limestone known for its deep burnt-orange colour.

    3.1 km · building in Pitcombe, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    The Abbey, Ditcheat

    The Abbey, Ditcheat is a large house at Ditcheat in Somerset. Originally a rectory, now converted into a house, the Grade II* listed building dates from the 15th century.

    3.3 km · building in Ditcheat, England · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Lamyatt

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 33 km · Cardiff (CWL), 67 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 147 km
Stations
Bruton railway station, 3.3 km · Castle Cary railway station, 3.1 km
  • Cardiff → Lamyatt
    62 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £10–14
  • London → Lamyatt
    170 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · £17–23
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Lamyatt
    157 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · £17–22
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Lamyatt

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 Lamyatt. 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

    96 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    152 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    526 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    542 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    562 km

If you know how people move in Lamyatt – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Lamyatt

Lamyatt is 38 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Castle Carytown in Somerset, England, UK3.7 km
  • Brutontown and parish in Somerset, England2.9 km
  • Evercreechvillage and parish in Somerset, England, UK3 km
  • Milton Clevedonvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.1 km
  • Ditcheatvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England3.1 km
  • Ansfordvillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom3.2 km