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

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.
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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.
- 01Church 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 - 02Church 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 - 03St 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 - 04Down 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 - 05Apex 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 - 06St 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 Huntspill202 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · £22–29
- Birmingham, West Midlands → West Huntspill160 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £16–22
- Luton, Luton → West Huntspill193 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · £24–32
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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.
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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