Langport

Worth seeing in and around Langport

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.

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   Church of St Peter and St Paul, Muchelney

   The Church of St Peter and St Paul in Muchelney, Somerset, England, has Saxon origins, however the current building largely dates from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

   2.1 km · church in Muchelney, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Muchelney Abbey

   Muchelney Abbey is an English Heritage property in the village of Muchelney in the Somerset Levels, England. The site consists of ruined walls showing the layout of the abbey buildings constructed from the 7th to 16th centuries, and the remaining intact Abbot's House.

   2.1 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Huish Episcopi

   The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Huish Episcopi, Somerset, England, has 12th-century origins but was largely rebuilt in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

   700 m · church in Huish Episcopi, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   The Priest's House

   The Priest's House is a National Trust-owned property in Muchelney, in the English county of Somerset. It has been designated as a grade I listed building.

   2.1 km · grade II listed historic house museum in Muchelney, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Catherine, Drayton

   The Church of St Catherine in Drayton, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

   2.5 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Low Ham Roman Villa

   The Low Ham Roman Villa was a Roman courtyard villa located near Low Ham in the civil parish of High Ham in the English county of Somerset. It is best known for the extraordinary figured mosaic depicting the story of Aeneas and Dido.

   2.7 km · Roman archaeological site in England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Andrew's Church

   The Church of St Andrew in Curry Rivel, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and is designated as a Grade I listed building. It was included in Simon Jenkins England's Thousand Best Churches.

   3.2 km · church in Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church without dedication, High Ham

   The Church without dedication at Low Ham in the parish of High Ham, Somerset, England was formerly a private chapel to the manor. It stands on the site of an earlier church, and was started in the early 17th century, damaged in the English Civil War, and completed in 1690.

   2.6 km · church in Low Ham, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Hanging Chapel

   The Hanging Chapel, more formally known as the Chantry Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Langport, Somerset, England, is a 13th-century archway, bearing a Perpendicular building known as the hanging chapel. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building, and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

   300 m · church in Langport, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of the Holy Trinity, Long Sutton

    The Church of the Holy Trinity in Long Sutton, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. An earlier church would have stood on this site from the 9th century or earlier.

    5.2 km · church in Long Sutton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

The Hanging Chapel on Hurds Hill, St. Mary's Church, the River Parrett that runs through the town and the Somerset levels that surround it. The Dutch style architecture of many of the town houses, a relic of 17th and 18th century immigration from the Netherlands. Two other buildings worth seeing are the

1. 01
   Tudor House
2. 02
   Warehouse
3. 03
   Muchelney Abbey

   Muchelney, TA10 0DQ (2 miles south of Langport),.

From Wikivoyage: Langport, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

The River Parrett flows through the town and is an excellent place to take a walk on a summers day. There are large amounts of farmland and fields to walk around also. There is also an abandoned railway line converted into a footpath, the Parrett Cycleway, running for around a mile to the south of the town.

From Wikivoyage: Langport, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Langport isn't really known for its excellent options to eat out. The only real option is the Chinese! However there's a great deal of places in nearby towns that take little time to reach.

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   The Bridge Bakery and Canteen

   The Bridge, Westover Trading Estate, TA10 9RB (next to the Great Bow Bridge),.

From Wikivoyage: Langport, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Langport

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 39 km · Cardiff (CWL), 54 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 172 km

Stations

Langport East railway halt, 400 m · Long Sutton and Pitney railway station, 3.7 km

• Cardiff → Langport

  55 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £11–15
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• London → Langport

  195 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £19–26
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Langport

  173 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · £19–25
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