Montacute
Montacute is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Yeovil.
Montacute is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 831. The name Montacute is thought by some to derive from the Latin "Mons Acutus", referring to the conically acute St Michael's Hill dominating the village to the west. An alternative view is that it is named after Drogo de Montagu, whose family originated from Montaigu-les-Bois, in the arrondissement of Coutances. Robert, Count of Mortain held Montacute after 1066, and Drogo was a close associate of his.
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Worth seeing in and around Montacute
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.
- 01Huish Park
Huish Park is a football stadium located in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The stadium has been home to Yeovil Town F.C. since its completion in 1990, following their relocation from Huish.
3.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Montacute House
Montacute House is a late Elizabethan mansion in Montacute, South Somerset, England. An example of English architecture created during a period that was moving from the medieval Gothic to the more classically-inspired Renaissance style, Montacute is one of the few prodigy houses to have survived almost unchanged from the Elizabethan era.
500 m · Late Elizabethan mansion with garden in Montacute, 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.
2.7 km · church in Tintinhull, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Montacute Castle
Montacute Castle was a castle built on a hill overlooking the village of Montacute, Somerset, England.
200 m · motte-and-bailey castle in Montacute, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Brympton House
Brympton d'Evercy is a Grade I listed manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. The house has been called the most beautiful of its kind in England; in 1927, Christopher Hussey, near the start of a 50-year career as an architectural authority, termed it "the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities." The house has belonged to six families since its construction: the D'Evercys, Stourtons, Sydenhams, Fanes, Weeks, and Glossops.
2.9 km · Grade I listed building in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church 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.
2.7 km · church in Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Andrew
The Church of St Andrew in Thorne Coffin, Somerset, England, was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.1 km · church in Thorne Coffin, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Mary
The Anglican Church of St Mary in Chilthorne Domer, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.8 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Tintinhull 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.
2.7 km · Grade I listed house in Tintinhull, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Stoke 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.
2.2 km · church in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Montacute
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 48 km · Cardiff (CWL), 66 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 168 km
- Bristol → Montacute57 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–9
- Cardiff → Montacute67 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £14–19
- London → Montacute191 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £19–26
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No local-transport research exists yet for Montacute
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 Montacute. 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 Montacute – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Montacute
Montacute is 57 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Martockvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England3.9 km
- Stoke Sub Hamdonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK2.1 km
- Odcombevillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Brymptoncivil parish and suburb in Somerset, England, UK2.9 km
- Chilthorne Domervillage in Somerset, England, UK3.9 km
- Tintinhullvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.7 km