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Paulton

Paulton is a large village and civil parish, with a population of 5,302, located to the north of the Mendip Hills, very close to Norton Radstock in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (BANES), England.

Paulton
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The place

Paulton is a large village and civil parish, with a population of 5,302, located to the north of the Mendip Hills, very close to Norton Radstock in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (BANES), England.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Paulton

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 Augustine, Clutton

    The Church of St Augustine is an Anglican parish church in Clutton Somerset, England. It was originally built around 1290, but much of it has been rebuilt since, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

    3.7 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of the Holy Trinity, Paulton

    The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity in Paulton, Somerset, England, was founded in 1235 and is a Grade II* listed building. It was built on the site of an earlier church.

    100 m · church in Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Peter's Church, Camerton Park

    The Church of St Peter at Camerton Park in Camerton, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. From 1800 to 1839 the vicar was the archaeologist John Skinner.

    3.7 km · church in Camerton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Town Hall

    Midsomer Norton Town Hall is a municipal structure at The Island, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England. The structure, which serves as the meeting place of Midsomer Norton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    2.7 km · town hall in Norton-Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton

    The Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England is a Roman Catholic parish church housed in a converted tithe barn. It is served by monks of the Order of St.

    2.7 km · church in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust

    The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust is a heritage railway line in Somerset, England, that runs on a restored section of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The line is approximately 1 mile long and operates from Midsomer Norton South.

    3.2 km · heritage railway · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Mary the Virgin

    The Anglican Church of St Mary The Virgin in Timsbury within the English county of Somerset is a Grade II* listed building. An old church on the site had fallen into disrepair by the 1820s.

    2.7 km · church in Timsbury, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    The Priory

    The Priory in Church Square, Midsomer Norton, within the English county of Somerset was rebuilt in the early or mid 17th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.5 km · listed building in Midsomer Norton, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Holy Trinity Church, Clandown

    Holy Trinity Church is a former Church of England church in Clandown, Somerset, England. Designed by George Phillips Manners, it was built in 1846–47 and closed in 1983.

    2.9 km · church in Clandown, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St John the Baptist, Midsomer Norton

    The Anglican Church of St John the Baptist in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, is a Grade II* listed building. St.

    2.6 km · church in Midsomer Norton, Bath and North East 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 Paulton

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 17 km · Cardiff (CWL), 59 km · Birmingham (BHX), 138 km
Stations
Camerton railway station, 3.4 km
  • Cardiff → Paulton
    51 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £8–11
  • London → Paulton
    166 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £18–24
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Paulton
    137 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £15–19
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Paulton

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Bath, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    109 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    152 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    506 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    532 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    542 km

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

Around it

Next door to Paulton

Paulton is 18 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Midsomer Nortontown in Somerset, England2.9 km
  • Timsburyvillage and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England2.9 km
  • Farrington Gurneyvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.3 km
  • Cluttonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK3.7 km
  • High Littletonvillage in Somerset, England1.8 km
  • Camertonvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK3.7 km