Martock
Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England.
Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels, 7 miles (11.3 km) north-west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish includes Hurst, approximately one mile south of the village, and Bower Hinton, which is located to the west; the village is bounded by Hurst and the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and was historically a market town.
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Worth seeing in and around Martock
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 All Saints, Martock
The Church of All Saints in Martock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was acquired by the Treasurer of Wells Cathedral in 1227 and he became the rector and patron of the church.
300 m · church in Martock, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Treasurer's House
The Treasurer's House is a National Trust-owned property in Martock, in the English county of Somerset. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
500 m · Grade I listed historic house museum in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Margaret, Tintinhull
The Church of St Margaret in Tintinhull, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. There was a church in the village during the 12th century which was replaced by the present building.
3.5 km · church in Tintinhull, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton-sub-Hamdon
The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England, has 13th-century origins but was rebuilt around 1510. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.4 km · church in Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Peter and St Paul, South Petherton
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is the Church of England parish church for the village of South Petherton, Somerset, England. The present church is a large and imposing cruciform-shaped structure constructed on the site of an earlier Saxon Minster, with the majority of the building dating from the 13th to 15th centuries; consequently, the building is Grade I listed.
3.9 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Montacute Castle
Montacute Castle was a castle built on a hill overlooking the village of Montacute, Somerset, England.
3.8 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Montacute, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Tintinhull Court
Tintinhull Court in Tintinhull, Somerset, England, was built as a medieval parsonage for the Church of St Margaret. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.5 km · Grade I listed house in Tintinhull, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St James
The Anglican Church of St James in East Lambrook, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.2 km · church in East Lambrook, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Stoke Sub Hamdon United Reformed Church
The United Reformed Church is a former United Reformed church in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England. It was built in 1865-66 and closed for religious use in 2017.
2 km · church in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10The Market House
The Market House, also known as Martock Town Hall, is a municipal building in Church Street in Martock, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Martock Parish Council, is a Grade II listed building.
100 m · house in Martock, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Martock
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 46 km · Cardiff (CWL), 62 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 170 km
- Bristol → Martock55 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £7–9
- Cardiff → Martock63 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £14–18
- London → Martock193 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £19–26
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No local-transport research exists yet for Martock
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 Martock. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Martock – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Martock
Martock is 55 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- South Pethertonvillage and civil parish in South Somerset, England4 km
- Stoke Sub Hamdonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK2.1 km
- Montacutevillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK3.9 km
- Kingsbury Episcopivillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Ashvillage and civil parish in South Somerset, England, United Kingdom1.7 km
- Tintinhullvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.6 km