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Muchelney

Muchelney is a clustered village and civil parish in Somerset, England, extending for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the south bank of the River Parrett.

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The place

Muchelney is a clustered village and civil parish in Somerset, England, extending for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the south bank of the River Parrett. The village lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Langport and 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Somerton. The hamlets of Thorney and Muchelney Ham are in the south of the parish.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Muchelney

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.

  1. 01
    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.

    0 m · 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.

    100 m · 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.

    1.7 km · 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.

    0 m · grade II listed historic house museum in Muchelney, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    3.8 km · church in Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    2.4 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    1.9 km · church in Langport, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    The Town Hall

    Langport Town Hall is a municipal building in Bow Street in Langport, Somerset, England. The building is managed by Landmark Langport.

    2.1 km · building in Langport, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church of All Saints, Langport

    The Church of All Saints in Langport, Somerset, England, has 12th-century origins but was rebuilt in the late 15th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

    1.9 km · church in Langport, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of Saint John Baptist

    The Anglican Church of St John Baptist in Pitney, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th and 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.9 km · church in Pitney, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Muchelney

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 41 km · Cardiff (CWL), 56 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 171 km
Stations
Langport East railway halt, 2.3 km · Long Sutton and Pitney railway station, 3.4 km
  • Bristol → Muchelney
    51 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £7–9
  • Cardiff → Muchelney
    57 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £12–16
  • London → Muchelney
    195 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £19–26
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Muchelney

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 Muchelney. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    112 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    131 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    527 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    529 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    565 km

If you know how people move in Muchelney – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Muchelney

Muchelney is 51 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Langporttown and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom2 km
  • Long Suttonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, UK3.8 km
  • Curry Rivelvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.5 km
  • Pitneyvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.9 km
  • Long Loadvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.8 km
  • Huish Episcopivillage in Somerset, England, UK1.6 km