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West Camel

West Camel is a village and civil parish in south Somerset, England, about 7 miles (11.3 km) north of the town of Yeovil.

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The place

West Camel is a village and civil parish in south Somerset, England, about 7 miles (11.3 km) north of the town of Yeovil. It lies either side of the River Cam, just south of the A303, and has a population of 459. The parish includes the hamlet of Urgashay. Neighbouring villages include Queen Camel, and Bridgehampton.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around West Camel

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
    Fleet Air Arm Museum

    The Royal Navy Museum, Naval Aviation, formerly known as the Fleet Air Arm Museum of the NMRN, is devoted to the history of British naval aviation. It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships, and paintings and drawings related to naval aviation.

    3.1 km · naval aviation museum in England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church 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.

    500 m · church in West Camel, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church 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.

    1.9 km · church in Queen Camel, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Bartholomew

    The Church of St Bartholomew in the parish of Yeovilton, Somerset, England, was built around 1300. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.7 km · church in Yeovilton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church 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.

    3 km · church in Marston Magna, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Peter

    The Church of St Peter at Podimore in the parish of Yeovilton, Somerset, England, dates from the early 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church is built on the site of a previous building which is recorded in the Domesday Book from which time it was under the control of Glastonbury Abbey, who held the advowson until the dissolution of the monasteries.

    3.3 km · church in Podimore, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Vincent, Ashington

    The Anglican Church of St Vincent at Ashington in the civil parish of Chilton Cantelo, Somerset, England, is from the 13th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

    3.5 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Haynes Motor Museum

    Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford near Yeovil in Somerset, England, contains over 300 cars and motorcycles and a collection of other automobilia. The museum was established in 1985 by John Harold Haynes OBE, founder of Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals.

    3.7 km · Transport Museum in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church 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.

    3.1 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church 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.

    3.2 km · church in Weston Bampfylde, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to West Camel

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 41 km · Cardiff (CWL), 66 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 157 km
  • Bristol → West Camel
    49 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £6–8
  • Cardiff → West Camel
    65 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £13–17
  • London → West Camel
    181 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · £18–24
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for West Camel

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

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    98 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    146 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    534 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    540 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    570 km

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

Around it

Next door to West Camel

West Camel is 48 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.