Shipham

Worth seeing in and around Shipham

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
   Aveline's Hole

   Aveline's Hole is a cave at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain, 10,200 and 10,400 years old, was found at Aveline's Hole, constituting the largest assemblage of Mesolithic human remains found in Britain.

   3.2 km · cave and archaeological site in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Black Down

   Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in south-western England. Black Down lies just a few miles eastward of the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare, and provides a view over the Chew Valley.

   3.8 km · highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cheddar Reservoir

   Cheddar Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in Somerset, England, operated by Bristol Water. Dating from the 1930s it has a capacity of 135 million gallons.

   3.7 km · reservoir in Somerset, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Charterhouse Cave

   Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England.

   3.4 km · cave in Somerset, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of Holy Trinity, Burrington

   The Church of the Holy Trinity in Burrington, Somerset, England, is from the 15th century and was restored in 1884. It is a Grade I listed building.

   3.7 km · church in Burrington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St John the Baptist, Churchill

   The Church of St John the Baptist in Churchill, Somerset, England, was largely built around 1360 and is a Grade I listed building. There was a Norman chapel on this site in 1180, from which the nave has survived into the present church.

   2.9 km · church in Churchill, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Goatchurch Cavern

   Goatchurch Cavern is a cave on the edge of Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.

   3 km · limestone cave in Somerset, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of St John the Baptist, Axbridge

   The Church of St John the Baptist in Axbridge, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. Work on the current building began in the early 15th century, and grew from an earlier building dating back to about 1230.

   3.3 km · church in Axbridge, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St James, Winscombe

   The Church of St James in Winscombe, Somerset, England, has 12th- or 13th-century origins but the present building dates from the 15th century. It is a Grade I listed building.

   3.6 km · church in Winscombe, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of St Michael and All Angels

    The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels at Rowberrow within the English county of Somerset dates from the 14th century, but parts were rebuilt in 1865. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    1.2 km · historic church in Rowberrow, Somerset, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Shipham

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 9 km · Cardiff (CWL), 39 km · Birmingham (BHX), 146 km

Stations

Axbridge railway station, 3.2 km

• London → Shipham

  187 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · £19–26
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Shipham

  144 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £16–21
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• Luton, Luton → Shipham

  176 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · £22–29
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