Rimpton
Rimpton is a village and civil parish 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Sherborne, and 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Yeovil on a tributary of the River Parret in the county of Somerset, England.

Rimpton is a village and civil parish 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Sherborne, and 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Yeovil on a tributary of the River Parret in the county of Somerset, England.
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Worth seeing in and around Rimpton
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.
- 01Church of St Mary, Marston Magna
The Church of St Mary in Marston Magna, Somerset, England can date its origins to before the Norman Conquest, however the present building largely dates from around 1360, with further rebuilding in the 15th century. It has been designated as a grade I listed building.
1.7 km · church in Marston Magna, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Barnabas, Queen Camel
The Church of St Barnabas is a church in Queen Camel, Somerset, England. The church was built in the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.4 km · church in Queen Camel, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of the Holy Trinity
The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity at Sutton Montis in the parish of South Cadbury and Sutton Montis, Somerset, England, has Saxon origins but most of the surviving building is from the 12th century and subsequent periods. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.3 km · church in Sutton Montis, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of All Saints, West Camel
The Church of All Saints in West Camel, Somerset, England, dates from the late 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. There had been a previous wooden church on the site since 995 until around 1100 when it was replaced by a small stone Norman church, which was added to over subsequent centuries.
3.9 km · church in West Camel, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Mary, Rimpton
The Church of St Mary in Rimpton, Somerset, England was built in the early 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The exact date of the building of the church is uncertain.
100 m · church in Rimpton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06The Church of Saint James, Chilton Cantelo
The Anglican Church of St James in Chilton Cantelo, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.9 km · church building in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Mary's Church, Mudford
The Church of St Mary in Mudford, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was granted by Montacute Priory to the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1339.
4 km · church in Mudford, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Mary Magdalene
The Anglican Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sparkford, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.8 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of the Holy Cross
The Anglican Church of the Holy Cross in Weston Bampfylde, Sparkford, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.1 km · church in Weston Bampfylde, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Andrew
St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church in Corton Denham, Somerset, England. It was built in 1869–70 to replace an earlier church of 13th-century origin.
2.8 km · church building in Corton Denham, South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rimpton
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 45 km · Cardiff (CWL), 71 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 155 km
- Bristol → Rimpton51 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £7–9
- Cardiff → Rimpton69 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £13–18
- London → Rimpton179 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rimpton
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 Rimpton. 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 Rimpton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Rimpton
Rimpton is 51 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Queen Camelvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.2 km
- Marston Magnavillage in Somerset, England, UK1.9 km
- Chilton Cantelovillage in Somerset, England, UK3.5 km
- Sandford Orcasvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Trentvillage and civil parish in Dorset, UK3.8 km
- Corton Denhamvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.6 km