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West Huntspill

West Huntspill is a settlement and civil parish about 5 miles from Bridgwater, in the county of Somerset, England.

West Huntspill
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The place

West Huntspill is a settlement and civil parish about 5 miles from Bridgwater, in the county of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Huntspill and the hamlet of Alstone. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1414. The parish touches Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge, East Huntspill, Otterhampton, Pawlett and Puriton.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around West Huntspill

6 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
    Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett

    The Church of St John the Baptist in Pawlett, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Norman church of St John the Baptist replaced an earlier Saxon structure and the church is thought to have been a popular station on medieval pilgrimages from Watchet to Glastonbury.

    1.9 km · church in Pawlett, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Michael and All Angels, Puriton

    The Church of St Michael and All Angels in Puriton, Somerset, England was constructed from local Blue Lias stone. It has an early 13th-century tower, with the remainder of the building dating from the 14th and 15th centuries.

    3.2 km · church in Puriton, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Peter and All Hallows Church, West Huntspill

    The Church of St Peter in Huntspill, Somerset, England, was established by 1208, rebuilt around 1400, and extended in the early to mid-15th century. It was gutted by fire in 1878 and restored over the next two years.

    1 km · church in West Huntspill, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Down End Castle

    Down End Castle, also known as Downend Castle, Chisley Mount or Chidley Mount, was a motte-and-bailey castle at Down End, north of Dunball in the parish of Puriton, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

    3.2 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Puriton, Sedgemoor, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Apex Leisure and Wildlife Park

    Apex Leisure and Wildlife Park is an urban park and wildlife centre in Highbridge, Somerset, England. The park was created on the site of a former clay pit and brickwork manufacturing site and provides a link between Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea.

    3.2 km · park and wildlife centre in England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Andrew's Church, Steart

    St Andrew's Church is a Church of England church in Steart, Somerset, England. The church, which was built in 1882, is now used for services periodically.

    3.7 km · church in Somerset, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to West Huntspill

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 28 km · Cardiff (CWL), 33 km · Birmingham (BHX), 164 km
Stations
Highbridge and Burnham railway station, 3 km
  • London → West Huntspill
    202 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · £22–29
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → West Huntspill
    160 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £16–22
  • Luton, Luton → West Huntspill
    193 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · £24–32
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for West Huntspill

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 Huntspill. 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
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    117 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    131 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    507 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    507 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    543 km

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

Around it

Next door to West Huntspill

West Huntspill is 34 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Highbridgetown in Somerset, England, UK3 km
  • Puritonvillage in Somerset, England, UK3.2 km
  • Pawlettvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England1.7 km
  • East Huntspillvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK3.8 km
  • Huntspillvillage in Somerset, England, UK1.4 km
  • Dunballhamlet in Somerset, England, UK3.7 km