West Buckland

Worth seeing in and around West Buckland

7 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
   Bradford Bridge

   Bradford Bridge in Bradford on Tone in the English county of Somerset carries a road over the River Tone. It was built at some point between the 13th and 15th centuries and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building and scheduled as an ancient monument.

   2.5 km · bridge in Bradford-on-Tone, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington

   The Church of St John the Baptist in Wellington, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. A church on the site was previously dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

   3.4 km · church in Wellington, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Mary, West Buckland

   The Anglican Church of St Mary in West Buckland, Somerset, England has 13th-century origins and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was built, on the site of an earlier Norman structure, between 1275 and 1300.

   200 m · church in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St Michael

   The Anglican Church of St Michael in Angersleigh, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   3 km · church in Angersleigh, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Gerbestone Manor

   Gerbestone Manor in West Buckland, Somerset, England was largely rebuilt in the late 16th century, although some fabric from the 13th century house remains. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   1.7 km · house in West Buckland, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Leigh Reservoir

   Leigh Reservoir, or Leigh Hill Reservoir, is a small reservoir in Somerset, England. It was built in 1893 to supply water to the town of Taunton, Somerset, which lies to the north.

   3.6 km · reservoir in Pitminster, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Tone Aqueduct

   The Tone Aqueduct, near Nynehead, Somerset, was built in 1828 and is now disused. It formerly carried the Grand Western Canal over the River Tone.

   3.4 km · bridge · Wikipedia

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Getting to West Buckland

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 48 km · Bristol (BRS), 55 km · Birmingham (BHX), 191 km

• Cardiff → West Buckland

  56 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–16
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• Bristol → West Buckland

  67 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £8–10
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• London → West Buckland

  220 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · £23–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for West Buckland

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 West Buckland. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in West Buckland – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.