Thurloxton

Worth seeing in and around Thurloxton

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
   Bridgwater and Taunton Canal

   The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal is a canal in the south-west of England between Bridgwater and Taunton, opened in 1827 and linking the River Tone to the River Parrett. There were a number of abortive schemes to link the Bristol Channel to the English Channel by waterway in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

   3.4 km · Canal in south-west England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hestercombe House

   Hestercombe House is a historic country house in the parish of Cheddon Fitzpaine in the Quantock Hills, near Taunton in Somerset, England. The house is a Grade II* listed building and the estate is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.

   3.8 km · Grade II* listed building in Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Halswell House

   Halswell House is a Grade I listed country house in Goathurst, Somerset, England.

   3.9 km · Grade I listed country house in Goathurst, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hestercombe Gardens

   Hestercombe Gardens is a garden complex situated on the grounds of Hestercombe House in the southwestern English county of Somerset. The entire garden complex comprises three individual gardens from different stylistic periods.

   3.8 km · Garden in West Monkton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Augustine, West Monkton

   The Church of St Augustine in West Monkton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The parish church has an 88 feet tower, of four stories, with no pinnacles or fancy tracery on the windows, giving the tower a slender, austere look compared to the medieval Somerset towers of churches in nearby Taunton, for example.

   2.3 km · church in West Monkton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Peter, North Newton

   The Anglican Church of St Peter in North Newton within the English county of Somerset has a tower believed to date from Saxon times. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   2.7 km · church in North Newton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Mary, North Petherton

   The Church of St Mary in North Petherton, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. It is on the Heritage at Risk Register due to the condition of the roof and north aisle parapet.

   3 km · church in North Petherton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Maunsel House

   Maunsel House in the English county of Somerset was built in the late 14th or early 15th century. The house stands south of the hamlet of North Newton, in the parish of North Petherton.

   3 km · building in North Petherton, Sedgemoor, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St Giles

   The Norman Anglican Church of St Giles in Thurloxton dates from the 14th century but is predominantly from the 15th century with 19th-century restoration including the addition of the north aisle in 1868. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.

   100 m · church in Thurloxton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Robin Hood's Hut

    Robin Hood's Hut is a small pavilion in the grounds of Halswell House, Goathurst, Somerset, in the west of England. It was built between 1740 and 1760 by Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte.

    3.5 km · building in Goathurst, England · Wikipedia

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