Monkton Farleigh
Monkton Farleigh is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, on high ground 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Bradford-on-Avon, and a similar distance east of the city of Bath.
Monkton Farleigh is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, on high ground 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Bradford-on-Avon, and a similar distance east of the city of Bath. The parish includes the hamlets of Farleigh Wick and Pinckney Green. In the west and northwest the parish is bounded by Somerset.
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Worth seeing in and around Monkton Farleigh
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.
- 01University of Bath
The University of Bath is a public research university in Bath, England. Bath received its royal charter in 1966 as Bath University of Technology, along with a number of other institutions following the Robbins Report.
3.3 km · university in Bath, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Dundas Aqueduct
Dundas Aqueduct is an aqueduct in England which carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line railway. The aqueduct is near Monkton Combe, Somerset, and is about 2+1⁄2 miles south-east of the city of Bath.
3.6 km · navigable aqueduct in Somerset/Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Thomas A Becket
The Church of St. Thomas à Becket is the Church of England parish church of Box, Wiltshire, in south-west England.
3.5 km · Grade I listed church in Box, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Browne's Folly
Browne's Folly is a folly tower on the Farleigh Rise near the village of Bathford in Somerset, England. The Folly was designated a Grade II listed building in 1988.
1.2 km · tower in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Nicholas, Bathampton
The Church of St Nicholas is an Anglican parish church in Bathampton, Somerset, standing between the River Avon and the Kennet and Avon Canal. Built in the 13th century, with a 15th-century tower and 18th and 19th century restorations, it has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
2.9 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Bathampton Toll Bridge
Bathampton Toll Bridge is an arch bridge in England, carrying a minor road across the River Avon near Bathampton, to the east of Bath. It is a Grade II listed structure.
3.4 km · grade II listed bridge in Bathampton, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07American Museum and Gardens
The American Museum and Gardens is a museum of American art and culture based at Claverton, near Bath, England. Its collections of American furniture, quilts and folk art are displayed in a Grade I listed 19th-century house, surrounded by gardens overlooking the valley of the River Avon.
2.4 km · culture and arts museum near Bath, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Monkton Farleigh Manor
Monkton Farleigh Manor is a Grade I listed country house close to the village of Monkton Farleigh in Wiltshire, England. Built on the site of a Cluniac priory founded in 1125, the house is about 3 miles northwest of Bradford-on-Avon and 4 miles east of the city of Bath.
200 m · Grade I listed manor house in Monkton Farleigh, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Church of St John The Baptist, Batheaston
The Church of St John the Baptist in Northend, Batheaston within the English county of Somerset was built in the 12th century and remodelled in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.6 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Shockerwick House
Shockerwick House in Bathford, Somerset, England was built as a manor house around 1750 by John Wood, the Elder. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
2.1 km · Grade I listed house in Bathford, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Monkton Farleigh
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 30 km · Cardiff (CWL), 74 km · Birmingham (BHX), 124 km
- Stations
- Bathampton railway station, 2.9 km · Box railway station, 3.3 km
- Cardiff → Monkton Farleigh63 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £8–11
- London → Monkton Farleigh150 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £16–21
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Monkton Farleigh124 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Monkton Farleigh
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 Monkton Farleigh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextBristol — with its many attractions situated around the floating harbour and Avon Gorge, is 12 miles drive or 15 minutes train journey away, and makes an excellent day trip from Bath.
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Next door to Monkton Farleigh
Monkton Farleigh is 23 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Boxvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK3.6 km
- Bathfordvillage in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK2 km
- Batheastonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK2.9 km
- South Wraxallvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Bathamptonvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.7 km
- Clavertonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom2.4 km