Somerford Keynes
Somerford Keynes is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, close to the River Thames and about 5 miles from its source.
Somerford Keynes is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, close to the River Thames and about 5 miles from its source. It lies on the boundary with Wiltshire, midway between Cirencester, Swindon and Malmesbury. The parish population at the 2011 census was 479, and a 2019 estimate put it at 558. The parish includes the village of Shorncote.
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Worth seeing in and around Somerford Keynes
3 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.
- 01South Cerney Castle
South Cerney Castle was an adulterine castle of Motte and bailey construction built in South Cerney, Gloucestershire in the mid-12th century. Today only slight earthwork remains and they are a scheduled monument.
3.7 km · castle in South Cerney, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of All Hallows
The Church of All Hallows is an Anglican parish church in the village of South Cerney, Gloucestershire. The church is of Norman origins, with medieval alterations and a major restoration in the 19th century.
3.7 km · church in South Cerney, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03All Saints Church, Shorncote
All Saints Church is a historic Anglican church in Shorncote, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
1.6 km · church in Cotswold, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Somerford Keynes
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 60 km · Birmingham (BHX), 90 km · Cardiff (CWL), 99 km
- Stations
- Oaksey Halt railway station, 2.3 km
- Bristol → Somerford Keynes49 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £6–8
- London → Somerford Keynes129 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £14–18
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Somerford Keynes92 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Somerford Keynes
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 Somerford Keynes. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Somerford Keynes
Somerford Keynes is 48 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kemblevillage in Gloucestershire, England3.8 km
- Ashton Keynesvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK3.2 km
- South Cerneyvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK3.3 km
- Oakseyvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Poole Keynesvillage and civil parish in Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England1.9 km
- Brandiervillage in Wiltshire, England, UK3.4 km