Winscombe
Winscombe is a large village in the North Somerset unitary district of Somerset, England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Weston-super-Mare and 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Bristol.
Winscombe is a large village in the North Somerset unitary district of Somerset, England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Weston-super-Mare and 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Bristol. The Parish of Winscombe and Sandford, centred on the Parish Church of Church of St James the Great, includes the villages/hamlets of Barton, Hale, Oakridge, Nye, Sidcot and Woodborough.
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Worth seeing in and around Winscombe
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.
- 01Banwell Castle
Banwell Castle is a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Banwell, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.2 km · castle in Banwell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St John the Baptist, Axbridge
The Church of St John the Baptist in Axbridge, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. Work on the current building began in the early 15th century, and grew from an earlier building dating back to about 1230.
3 km · church in Axbridge, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St John the Baptist, Churchill
The Church of St John the Baptist in Churchill, Somerset, England, was largely built around 1360 and is a Grade I listed building. There was a Norman chapel on this site in 1180, from which the nave has survived into the present church.
3 km · church in Churchill, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Andrew, Compton Bishop
The Church of St Andrew in Compton Bishop, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century, being consecrated by Bishop Jocelin in 1236, with more recent restoration. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.6 km · Grade I listed church in Compton Bishop, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St James, Winscombe
The Church of St James in Winscombe, Somerset, England, has 12th- or 13th-century origins but the present building dates from the 15th century. It is a Grade I listed building.
1.6 km · church in Winscombe, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Andrew, Banwell
The mainly 15th-century parish Church of St Andrew in Banwell, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building. The body of the church has a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles and a rather short chancel, considering the proportions of the rest of the church.
3 km · church in Banwell, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Michael and All Angels
The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels at Rowberrow within the English county of Somerset dates from the 14th century, but parts were rebuilt in 1865. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.7 km · historic church in Rowberrow, Somerset, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Jubilee Clock Tower
The Jubilee Clock Tower, striking clock, and drinking fountain, is a Grade II listed building in the village of Churchill, North Somerset, built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. It stands on a plot between Dinghurst Road and Front Street, and is a prominent landmark at the entrance to the village.
2.9 km · Jubilee Clock Tower, Churchill, North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Churchill Methodist Church
Churchill Methodist Church, in the village of Churchill, North Somerset, is a Grade II listed Methodist church on the Somerset Mendip Methodist Circuit. Designed by Foster & Wood, Bristol, of Perpendicular Gothic style, the church opened on 2 May 1881.
2.9 km · Methodist Church in Churchill, North Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10King John's Hunting Lodge
King John's Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant's house built c. 1468, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset. It is a jettied timber-frame building of three storeys, occupying a corner plot on the town square.
3 km · museum in Axbridge, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Winscombe
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 11 km · Cardiff (CWL), 37 km · Birmingham (BHX), 147 km
- Stations
- Axbridge railway station, 2.9 km
- London → Winscombe189 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · £21–27
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Winscombe144 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Winscombe178 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · £23–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for Winscombe
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 Winscombe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Winscombe
Winscombe is 22 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Portisheadtown in Somerset, England, United Kingdom2.7 km
- Axbridgetown in Somerset, England3.1 km
- Shiphamvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.1 km
- Banwellvillage in Somerset, England, UK3 km
- Churchillvillage and civil parish in Somerset, England3.2 km
- Compton Bishopvillage and civil parish in Somerset, UK3.6 km