Winsham
Winsham is a village and civil parish 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Chard and 6 miles (10 km) from Crewkerne, in Somerset, England.
Winsham is a village and civil parish 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Chard and 6 miles (10 km) from Crewkerne, in Somerset, England. The parish, which has a population of approximately 750 residents living in some 335 households, includes the hamlets of Whatley, Bridge, Purtington and Ammerham, and covers an area of approximately 12 square miles (3,100 ha).
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Worth seeing in and around Winsham
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.
- 01Forde Abbey
Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the 1,600-acre estate is farmed to provide additional revenue.
1.9 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wayford Manor House
Wayford Manor House is a country house with a garden in Britain, situated in Wayford, Somerset, England. It has been designated a Grade I listed building.
3 km · Grade I listed manor house in Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Michael
The Anglican Church of St Michael in Wayford, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3 km · church in Wayford, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Stephen, Winsham
The Anglican Church of St Stephen in Winsham, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
100 m · Grade II* listed church in Winsham, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Thomas
The Church of St Thomas in Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1868. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.2 km · church in South Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Clapton Mill
Clapton Mill is a former watermill located in the hamlet of Clapton, West Crewkerne, Somerset, England. The existing mill dates back to the 18th century, but was extensively rebuilt in 1864.
3.9 km · aqueduct in West Crewkerne, Somerset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Winsham
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 60 km · Cardiff (CWL), 68 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 183 km
- Stations
- Chard Junction railway station, 3.6 km
- Bristol → Winsham70 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £9–12
- Cardiff → Winsham73 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £14–18
- London → Winsham206 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · £21–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Winsham
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 Winsham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Winsham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Winsham
- Thorncombevillage and civil parish in Dorset, UK3.1 km
- Cricket St Thomasvillage in Somerset, England, UK2.1 km
- Wayfordvillage and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom3 km