Radstock
Radstock is a town and civil parish on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Bath and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Frome.

Radstock is a town and civil parish on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Bath and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Frome. It is within the area of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 6,149, and the built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics, which extends into the neighbouring parish of Westfield, had a population of 9,980.
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Worth seeing in and around Radstock
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.
- 01Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in England and the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the education of children aged 11 to 18.
5.3 km · Benedictine monastery in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Margaret's Church, Babington
The Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed building, adjacent to Babington House in Babington, Somerset, England. The church is owned and operated by the St Margaret's, Babington, Charitable Trust, which is completely independent of the management of Babington House.
4.3 km · church in Babington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Somerset Coal Canal
The Somerset Coal Canal was a narrow canal in England, built around 1800. Its route began in basins at Paulton and Timsbury, ran to nearby Camerton, over two aqueducts at Dunkerton, through a tunnel at Combe Hay, then via Midford and Monkton Combe to Limpley Stoke where it joined the Kennet and Avon Canal.
5.3 km · canal in Somerset, England · Wikipedia - 04Church of St John the Baptist
The Anglican Church of St John the Baptist in Chilcompton, within the English county of Somerset, was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
4.9 km · church in Chilcompton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Vigor, Stratton-on-the-Fosse
The Anglican Church of St Vigor in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Saint Vigor was a French bishop and Christian missionary.
5.1 km · church in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St 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.
2.5 km · church in Camerton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kilmersdon
The Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, dates back to the Norman period, though much of the current structure was built during the 15th and 16th centuries and restored in the Victorian era. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.7 km · church in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Luke and St Andrew, Priston
The Church of St Luke and St Andrew in Priston, Somerset, England has a nave dating from the 12th century, on the site of an earlier Norman church. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
5.5 km · church in Priston, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of St Mary, Hemington
St. Mary's Hemington is an Anglican church in Hemington, Somerset, England.
4.3 km · church in Hemington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Church 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.
4.2 km · church in Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Radstock
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 21 km · Cardiff (CWL), 63 km · Birmingham (BHX), 138 km
- Stations
- Chilcompton railway station, 5.6 km · Radstock North railway station, 100 m · Wellow (Somerset) railway station, 5.9 km · Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt railway station, 3.4 km · Camerton railway station, 3 km
- Cardiff → Radstock55 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £9–11
- London → Radstock163 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £18–23
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Radstock137 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Radstock
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 Radstock. 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 Radstock
Radstock is 21 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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