Winscombe and Sandford

Worth seeing in and around Winscombe and Sandford

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
   Banwell 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
2. 02
   Church 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
3. 03
   Church 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
4. 04
   Church 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
5. 05
   Church 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
6. 06
   Church 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
7. 07
   Church 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
8. 08
   Jubilee 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
9. 09
   Churchill 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
10. 10
    King 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 and Sandford

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Bristol (BRS), 11 km · Cardiff (CWL), 37 km · Birmingham (BHX), 147 km

Stations

Axbridge railway station, 2.9 km

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