North Petherton
North Petherton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, lying on the edge of the eastern foothills of the Quantocks, about 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Bridgwater; in the east, the parish extends into the Somerset Levels.
North Petherton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, lying on the edge of the eastern foothills of the Quantocks, about 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Bridgwater; in the east, the parish extends into the Somerset Levels. The parish includes the villages of North Newton and Huntworth, and the hamlets of Northmoor Green, Shearston and Woolmersdon. The parish population at the 2021 census was 10,050, an increase from the 6,730 recorded in 2011.
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Worth seeing in and around North Petherton
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.
- 01Bridgwater
Bridgwater is a historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the River Parrett at the edge of the Somerset Levels.
4.3 km · market town in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal is a canal in the south-west of England between Bridgwater and Taunton, opened in 1827 and linking the River Tone to the River Parrett. There were a number of abortive schemes to link the Bristol Channel to the English Channel by waterway in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
3.5 km · Canal in south-west England · Wikipedia - 03Bridgwater Castle
Bridgwater Castle was a castle in the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The stone castle was built around 1220 and contributed to the development of the town.
4.3 km · castle in Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Bartholomew, Lyng
The Church of St Bartholomew at East Lyng in the parish of Lyng, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Anglican church is dedicated to St Bartholomew, and is thought to have been built by the monks who were displaced from Athelney Abbey when it was dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in 1539.
5.7 km · church in East Lyng, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Enmore Castle
Enmore Castle is a historic building in the village of Enmore, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
5.8 km · country house in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst
The Church of St Edward King and Martyr in Goathurst, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The parish was originally part of the Royal Forest of North Petherton and its first squire owned St Edward's church.
3.8 km · church in Goathurst, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Halswell House
Halswell House is a Grade I listed country house in Goathurst, Somerset, England.
3.9 km · Grade I listed country house in Goathurst, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Augustine, West Monkton
The Church of St Augustine in West Monkton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The parish church has an 88 feet tower, of four stories, with no pinnacles or fancy tracery on the windows, giving the tower a slender, austere look compared to the medieval Somerset towers of churches in nearby Taunton, for example.
5.3 km · church in West Monkton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Blake Statue
The Blake Statue in Bridgwater, Somerset, England was unveiled in 1900 to commemorate naval commander Robert Blake. The hollow bronze life size sculpture was crafted by F. W. Pomeroy.
4.2 km · statue in Bridgwater, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Bridgwater War Memorial
Bridgwater War Memorial is a Grade II* listed war memorial located on King Square in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, on the site previously occupied by Bridgwater Castle. It was designed by John Angel in the mid-1920s.
4.3 km · war memorial in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to North Petherton
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 38 km · Cardiff (CWL), 41 km · Birmingham (BHX), 175 km
- Stations
- Bridgwater railway station, 4.4 km · Bridgwater North railway station, 4.8 km · Port of Bridgwater, 4.7 km
- Cardiff → North Petherton45 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–14
- London → North Petherton206 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · £23–30
- Birmingham, West Midlands → North Petherton172 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £18–23
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No local-transport research exists yet for North Petherton
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 North Petherton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to North Petherton
North Petherton is 45 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.