Mells
Mells is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the town of Frome.
Mells is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the town of Frome.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Mells
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.
- 01Nunney Castle
Nunney Castle is a medieval castle at Nunney in the English county of Somerset. Built in the late 14th century by Sir John Delamare on the profits of his involvement in the Hundred Years' War, the moated castle's architectural style, possibly influenced by the design of French castles, has provoked considerable academic debate.
3.4 km · medieval castle in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02equestrian statue of Edward Horner
The equestrian statue of Edward Horner stands inside St Andrew's Church in the village of Mells in Somerset, south-western England. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, as a memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War.
300 m · memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War · Wikipedia - 03St Andrew's Church, Mells
St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the village of Mells in the English county of Somerset. The church is a grade I listed building.
300 m · church in Mells, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Margaret's Church, Babington
The Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building, adjacent to Babington House in Babington, Somerset, England. The church is owned and operated by the St Margaret's, Babington, Charitable Trust, which is completely independent of the management of Babington House.
3.2 km · church in Babington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Mells War Memorial
Mells War Memorial is a First World War memorial by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the village of Mells in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, south-western England. Unveiled in 1921, the memorial is one of multiple buildings and structures Lutyens designed in Mells.
200 m · war memorial in Mells, Somerset, England · Wikipedia - 06Church of All Saints, Nunney
The Church of All Saints at Nunney, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century. It was probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon or Norman church from which a Saxon cross and Norman font can still be seen.
3.4 km · church in Nunney, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Mary Magdalene, Great Elm
The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Great Elm, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. In the 13th century the two-bay nave was lengthened, possibly when the tower was added around 1240.
1.7 km · church in Great Elm, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Michael, Buckland Dinham
The Church of St Michael in Buckland Dinham, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church has a nave, chancel, south chapel and south porch which date from around 1200.
3.4 km · church in Buckland Dinham, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of St George
The Anglican Church of St George in Whatley, within the English county of Somerset, dates from the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.5 km · church in Whatley, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Mary, Hardington
The Church of St Mary at Hardington in the parish of Hemington, Somerset, England, dates from the 11th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church has an un-aisled nave and small west tower which dates from the late 14th century.
3.7 km · church in Hardington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mells
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 28 km · Cardiff (CWL), 69 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 136 km
- Cardiff → Mells61 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £10–14
- London → Mells160 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · £17–22
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Mells142 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £17–22
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mells
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 Mells. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBrittany Ferries provide vehicle and foot passenger services to and from northern Spain, the Normandy ports of Caen and Cherbourg, and St.
- Get inCondor Ferries provide services normally from Poole to the Channel Islands and St Malo.
- Get aroundMinibuses , Paddock Wood, Bradley Road, BA12 7JY.
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Next door to Mells
Mells is 28 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Great Elmvillage and civil parish in Somerset, UK1.8 km
- Nunneyvillage and civil parish near Frome, Somerset, England3.6 km
- Buckland Dinhamvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.6 km
- Leigh upon Mendipvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.7 km
- Whatleyvillage and civil parish in Mendip, Somerset, United Kingdom1.2 km
- Babingtonvillage in Somerset, United Kingdom3.1 km